Who is the ICPE

The International Center for Performance Excellence (ICPE) represents a working synergy between faculty, students, and administrators at West Virginia University. The ICPE couples the experience and knowledge base of proven scholars in the field of sport exercise, and performance psychology with the enthusiasm and practical expertise of students. The faculty and administrators associated with the ICPE represent an elite selection of scholars and professionals in the academic field. This accomplished cohort of educators and researchers are charged with the responsibility of overseeing consulting efforts, directing content and style of publications, and leading applicable research and study in the fields that relate to the Center's mission. While faculty and administrators oversee the direction and content of the ICPE, a core of doctoral students with experiences in professional and international athletics, Fortune 500 corporate environments, Ivy League academia, and NCAA coaching bring the ICPE to the public. Doctoral students are afforded valuable business experiences while preparing for careers as corporate and athletic consultants, educators and researchers in higher education, and writers and publishers of the "next wave" of theory and research pertaining to performance psychology.

ICPE Mission

The mission of the International Center for Performance Excellence is to promote, on a global basis, an awareness of the values of engaging in sport and health-related physical activity in enhancing the quality of life. Specifically, through (a) the fostering of research grants and scholarly activity, (b) the dissemination of publications on a world-wide basis through established partnerships, (c) the development of web-based courses that have global appeal, and (d) the sponsoring of international conferences and workshops the ICPE hopes to make a significant contribution to the overall educational mission of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and West Virginia University.

ICPE Publications

Through Fitness Information Technology (FIT), the ICPE publishes texts and trade books pertaining to sport and exercise psychology, sport marketing, and sport management. As the publication division of the ICPE, FIT actualizes the ICPE¡¯s mission through the publication and distribution of scholarly and trade-oriented books, journals, electronic databases, videos, and related educational materials. Such publications are marketed and distributed worldwide, and are targeted to professionals, educators, and students. FIT has proven to be one of the leading publishers of material relating to sport and exercise psychology, sport marketing and sport finance, distributing to thousands of universities and private institutions worldwide and publishing a number of texts in a variety of languages.