Want hands-on experience that goes beyond the classroom? The MOVE Lab gives students the chance to work with real people, real data, and real movement science.
Students can volunteer, complete internships, support fitness programs, assist with research projects, and build practical skills that transfer directly to graduate school and future careers.
Why Get Involved?
MOVE Lab opportunities are a great fit for students interested in exercise and sport performance, physical therapy, occupational therapy, athletic training, strength and conditioning, coaching, rehabilitation, fitness programming, education, biomechanics, motor learning, or research.
- Work directly with community members in a welcoming fitness and movement environment.
- Help lead walking, balance, mobility, strength, coordination, and movement activities.
- Assist with student and faculty research projects.
- Learn how to use lab equipment such as force plates, motion capture, EMG, wearable sensors, timing systems, and fitness assessment tools.
- Practice collecting, organizing, and interpreting human performance data.
- Build confidence communicating with participants, clients, patients, and community partners.
- Develop professional skills for graduate school applications, resumes, interviews, and future careers.
Ways Students Can Participate
Community Program Volunteer: Support MOVE Lab fitness programs by greeting participants, tracking attendance, assisting with activity stations, demonstrating exercises, encouraging participants, and helping create a positive environment.
Internship Student: Complete a structured internship experience connected to fitness programming, research, exercise testing, data analysis, program design, or applied movement science. Assist with biomechanics, exercise physiology, motor learning, sport performance, rehabilitation-style movement, or applied exercise science research.
Get Started
Students interested in volunteering, completing an internship, or participating in research can contact the MOVE Lab to learn about current opportunities, upcoming projects, and program needs.
Contact Us
Faculty Contact: Jacqueline Morgan, Senior Instructor II of Health and Human Performance
Department: Department of Health and Human Performance, Eastern Oregon University
Physical Location: Fieldhouse, Room 102-104
Email Contact: jmorgan8@eou.edu