Dr Nate McCaughtry is awarded the 2009 Faculty Service Award
Dr. Nathan McCaughtry, associate professor of Pedagogy, Kinesiology and Physical Education, has been awarded one of the university’s prestigious Career De-velopment Chair Awards. The Wayne State University Career Development Chair Awards provide recipients with financial support, encouragement and recogni-tion at critical times in their career. Dr. Nate McCaughtry’s nomination summary, printed in the 2009 Academic Recognition Ceremony program, read as follows: "He has directed the nationally-known Detroit Healthy Youth Initiative, a partnership between Wayne State, Detroit Public Schools, and the Michigan Fitness Foundation. With $1.8 million in support, this initiative has touched students in nearly all of Detroit’s public elementary and middle schools. This project has also generated significant research focusing on the role of schools in improving the health of youth in urban areas. In 2007, he was recognized with the Acad-emy of Scholars’ Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. With this new award, Dr. McCaughtry will expand Generation with Promise—a pilot program involving Wayne State, the Michigan Department of Community Health, and the Michigan Fitness Foundation—into a statewide model for effective school-based health interventions."
In addition, the Wayne State Alumni Association proudly honored Nate McCaughtry for outstanding service to the community and the university with its Faculty Service Award. Professor McCaughtry has been recognized as the top young scholar and professional in his specialty area of health and physical education. In his eight years of service at Wayne State, he has fostered the improvement of health and fitness levels of Detroit youth from kindergarten to eighth grade. His research project, the Detroit Healthy Youth Initiative, a partnership of the Detroit Public Schools and the Michigan Fitness Foundation, has improved the quality of schools’ physical education and health programs. He is a highly successful member of the faculty who has enriched the university and the community in many ways. In recognition of his exemplary service, the Wayne State University Alumni Association presented Dr. McCaughtry with the 2009 Faculty Service Award.