Perspectives Winter/Spring-2017

COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES • 11 Hal C. Strough , Ph.D., Ed.S., M.S., ATC, joined the College of Health Care Sciences in October 2016 as its new associate dean. He previously served for eight years as the founding department chair of the master’s degree program in athletic training at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. Before working in Minnesota, Strough served as program director and clinical coordinator for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Athletic Training Program for nine years. He also established the program and was instrumental in securing a nearly $1-million renovation of the athletic training facilities. Strough, who earned a Ph.D. from Purdue University and an Ed.S. and M.S. from Eastern Kentucky University, is a 30-year member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, as well as a member of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association and Minnesota Athletic Trainers’ Association (MATA). He is certified by the Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) and serves as an exam item writer for the BOC. He previously served as an instructor trainer for the American Heart Association, a site visitor for what was previously known as the Joint Review Commission on Athletic Training, and a member of the MATA’s Continuing Education Committee. CHCS Welcomes New Associate Dean