Collegiate Sport Club Symposium
Presented by NIRSA • June 14-17, 2011 • Location: Hartford, Connecticut
In conjunction with the National Fitness & Wellness Institute
The Collegiate Sport Club Symposium brings students and professionals together for networking and sharing in Sport Clubs management. Offered every other year, the symposium program focuses on current issues, highlights upcoming trends, and a number of other topics relevant to collegiate sport clubs. To maximize networking opportunities, 2011 event will be co-located with the National Fitness & Wellness Institute and attendees can move freely between events.
Keynote Speaker
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Mary Madden, Ph.D
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Mary Madden, Ph.D. will keynote the 2011 Collegiate Sport Club Symposium. Dr. Madden is an Associate Research Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine where she conducts research and program evaluation on a variety of education issues and teaches research courses. She was the Project Director for the National Study on Student Hazing and is Co-director of the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention. Her keynote address at the upcoming Collegiate Sport Club Symposium will address her findings regarding the National Study on Student
Hazing and discuss a framework for prevention of hazing.
Who Should Attend:
- Experienced sport club professionals (Associate Directors & Directors)
- New sport club professionals (Coordinators, Graduate Assistants & Graduate Students)
- Professionals and student members from smaller schools who "wear many hats"
- Vendors looking to showcase their product and network with sport club professionals
- Parks & Recreation/YMCA professionals who organize sports leagues
2010 Program Committee
- Jean McClellan-Holt (Chair), Old Dominion University
- Mike Arnos, Miami University
- Shane Bennett, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
- Jonathan Elliott, Texas Tech University
- Chad Ellsworth, Arizona State University
- Sarah Shouvlin, Drexel University
Here is what they are saying about the 2011 Collegiate Sport Club Symposium:
"Great networking opportunities and educational sessions. Small enough to get to know everyone, large enough to learn a diverse, broad knowledge base."
- Kate Durant, University of Connecticut
"The symposium was a great event. I enjoyed learning about what others are doing in there programs. Its also a wonderful opportunity to network with others that could be of assistance in the future."
- Mike Wise Director, Emporia State University
"The Collegiate Sport Club Symposium is very important for those who are in this field. I have picked up several ideas and implemented into our program."
- Kris Schoech, University of Colorado at Boulder
"As a first time Sport Club Symposium attendee, I felt this experience was very beneficial to me as a young professional. It enabled me to further expand my NIRSA network and bring home new ideas to incorporate into my own program."
- Derek Donlevy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
"The NIRSA Sport Club Symposium was a great opportunity to network with sport club directors across the country. It allows the National Governing Bodies to understand the needs of the administration and work together to provide a well rounded program for the student-athletes."
- Wendy Peel, USA Triathlon
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