CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 

• Instructor for undergraduate and graduate courses. 

• Lesson plans included theoretical and practical applications of the sport industry, with hands-on work in the industry. 

• Areas of focus included: Understanding & identifying leadership, organizational behavior and management in college sports, with a practical focus on communications/social media, marketing, governance, and political practices.

• Classes taught included: Sport Analytics, Sport Communications, Sport Finance, Sport Fundraising, Sport History, Sport Marketing, Research Methods in Sport, Introduction to Sport Management. 

• Periodic assessment of individual students, of groups, and of myself to gauge and enhance student learning.

• Online technology used with assignments and communication with students.

• Extensive advising of graduate and undergraduate students.
   

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

• Led faculty meetings relating to student and program needs, including working with student groups, funding and scholarship requests, and other marketing concerns. 

• Led faculty in COSMA accreditation process; accreditation approved by COSMA in February 2015.

• Created and led a strategic planning process to meet student and program needs based on specific goals and objectives.

• Worked with Institutional Research to identify admissions, retention, diversity trends, and concerns within the student population.

• Secured support from president and provost for accreditation.

• Helped lead creation and implementation of new curriculum. 

• Wrote new syllabi and aligned course learning outcomes to curricular objectives in response to industry needs.

• Created a results-based system to identify benchmarks to meet program goals.

• Collected, analyzed and reviewed data annually in retreats.

• Assigned classes (and classrooms) for instructors.

• Discussed compliance with state and federal regulations with faculty. 

• Led the mentoring and advising of 300+ undergraduate students through change in the curriculum.

• Led the writing of the accreditation document, its response, and subsequent approval. 

• Responsible for program updates to the accreditation agency.

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OLIVET COLLEGE

• Primary communications liaison (sports information director) and managed game day operations, and statistician for all intercollegiate sporting events.

• Directed all marketing and promotional activities for athletic programs.

• Hired and supervised game day administration staff.

• Created a self-sustaining budget. 

• Directed national publicity, coordinated media for 2000 NCAA III Golf Championships.

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MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

• Primary communications liaison (sports information director), managed game day operations, and statistician for ice hockey, football, basketball, and tennis. 

• Responsible for administration of athletic contests, including direction of student assistants, contracting referees, and coordination of promotional and public entertainment activities.

• Supervised game day administration staff.

• Wrote press releases, game programs, and created publicity materials for each sport.

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WEST COAST CONFERENCE

• Primary communications liaison (sports information director) for baseball, women’s basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis, soccer, cross country, and rowing.

• Wrote press releases and created publicity materials for each sport.

• Designed and maintained website, including live cybercasts and merchandise sales. 

• Created visual aids for championship events.

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