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Í lok júní 2019 stóð Keilir fyrir vel heppnuðu sumarnámskeiði fyrir ungt fólk um útivist og ævintýraferðamennsku. Við þökkum þessum skemmtilegu krökkum fyrir frábæra daga.

total of nine candidates from the Keilir and Thompson Rivers University adventure studies program graduated on 14 June at Andrews Theater in Reykjanesbær, Iceland. This is the sixt commencement class in the program since the first graduation in 2014.

Nicki Samsom-Kapp, part of the Keilir-TRU Graduate Class of 2019, took some awesome photos during her year at our program.

Nordic Fitness Education offers an online Personal Trainer certification taught in English. The programme adheres to all of the knowledge and skill requirements set by the recognised professional standards body, Europe Active. Next courses start on 7 January 2019.

The Sleep Recovery Specialist (SRS) is an online, continuing professional development course that helps fitness professionals gain the knowledge and skills necessary to support and guide a client’s behaviours and actions to positively impact their sleep. This is a ground-breaking first for the European fitness industry - act now and study in this essential and much needed discipline.

EuropeActive has accredited the new NPTC - Nordict Personal Trainer Certificate programme at Keilir Health Academy, the first fully online international personal trainer programme to receive this status from the organisation. As such all future graduates from NPTC will be signed up to the European Register of Exercise Professionals.

Keilir Health Academy offers an eight-month university program for Adventure Guides. The program is an introduction to adventure tourism and ideal for entry-level adventure students.

Adventure Guide students at Keilir will have an orientation day on Monday 27 August. Students are requested to meet in room B7 in Keilir main building at Asbru in Reykjanesbær.

Keilir has received applications for the Thompson Rivers University Adventure Guide Program in Iceland for Fall semester 2018 from a number of different countries including the United States, Norway, Greenland, Denmark and Germany.

Keilir Health Academy graduated 54 candidates on 8 June at Andrews Theater in Iceland, 42 Personal Trainers and 12 Strength and Conditioning Coaches. After the graduation ceremony a total of 645 trainers since the school was established ten years ago.