Meet our team of professional and dedicated staff members who are all current students enrolled in academic programs of study at IUP. Please let us know how we can help in your quest for health and fitness.
Each year in August, a new management team steps in to begin their professional journey in the fitness center. These individuals are also graduate students earning their master's degrees from the Sports Management Department.
In addition to a new management team each academic year, the fitness center is staffed with interns and student workers.
Each semester, towards the end of August and January, you will see the new faces of undergraduate students pursuing Sports Administration degrees completing their internship experiences in the fitness center.
There are also student workers with various backgrounds and interests who add to our staff in a variety of ways as fitness instructors, personal trainers, or fitness and membership attendants. Please welcome new faces, and don't be afraid to ask questions as we get to know you!
Director
Richard Hsiao, PhD, MBA, MS
Professor
Coordinator, MS in Sport Management and MS in Sport
Studies
Director, James G. Mill Center for Health and Fitness
Department of Sports Management
Zink Hall 115
Telephone: 724-357-0123
Staff Team
Graduate Assistants
Kat Warpinski
Hometown: Edina, Minnesota
Previous: Transfer from Loyola Chicago
Master's Program: Sports Management
Future: I hope to be in the front office for the Green Bay Packers in the future.
Amanda Morales
Hometown: Ohio
Previous: Bachelor's and master's in exercise science
Master's Program: Sports Management
Future: I want to be a professor and one day open my own fitness facility.
Evan Lewis
Hometown: Birmingham, England
Previous: Bachelor's in sports management and business in West Virginia at Davis and Elkins College
Master's Program: Sports Management
Future: I want to work in the sports management department.
Lauren Sutton
Hometown: Butler, Pennsylvania
Previous: Bachelor's in biobehavioral health from Penn State New Kensington
Master's Program: Sport Management
Future: I would like to be an athletic director or director of basketball operations at the college level.
Katharina Bilz
Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany
Previous: Bachelor's in exercise science with a concentration in strength and conditioning and a minor in coaching education from the University of Akron.
Master's Program: Sports Management
Future: My goal is to be one of the best soccer coaches out there.
Student Workers
Olivia Blankenship
My name is Olivia Blankenship. I am from Apollo, PA, and graduated from Kiski Area High School. I am a senior majoring in K-12 health and physical education with a master's in community health. I also play on the Women’s Club Ice Hockey Team at IUP.
Olivia Eminhizer
Hi, my name is Olivia Eminhizer and I am currently a junior, and I’m studying Exercise Science.
Employment or Internships at the Fitness Center
Are you interested in making some extra money while gaining valuable experience in the field of exercise and fitness? If you are dedicated, professional, and willing to put our members first, then we might be looking for you!
Fitness and membership attendants are typically student workers and can be from any academic field. Between two and four student workers are needed yearly. Staff may be required to be available during winter and/or summer breaks. Typically between one and two personal trainers and group fitness instructors are needed yearly and must have junior or senior status in IUP's Exercise Science program. Positions may or may not be available throughout the year.
Applications will be accepted at any time by downloading and completing an Employee Application Form, attaching your resume, and delivering your information to the fitness center or mailbox outside of Room 114. If workers are not currently needed and the applicant will be available during the following term, their application will be kept on file for consideration during the next term.
Interns, please complete an Intern Application Form, submit your resume, and deliver your information to the mailbox outside of Room 114 or email your packet to Richard Hsiao at hsiao@iup.edu. Interns should apply no later than two months before the semester during which they wish to complete their internship. Interns must have their internship approved by their internship adviser no later than one month before the conclusion of the semester that precedes the prospective internship period (e.g., an internship for fall must be approved no later than the end of March).
Positions that may be available along with their descriptions and requirements include: