It was exciting to see the UCF Knights beat Memphis for the second time this season to take home the AAC Championship two years in a row. However, looking ahead to the 40 upcoming FBS Bowl Games to be played around the country over the next month, remember that in addition to the many fans…
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Today’s guest is Christina Roybal. Roybal is the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Sports Administration and Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Northern Iowa. As a first generation, Latina college graduate, Roybal shares experiences about overcoming family criticism about her career choice to now being a role model for the younger generation in her…
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Today’s guest is Amy Huchthausen. Huchthausen is in her seventh year as Commissioner of the America East Conference.Huchthausen shares with us the experience of being an pioneer for Asian-American woman in collegiate athletic administration. Rarely is she in the room with other Asian-American women athletic administrators or coaches. Many times in her career, she has…
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The United States International University Sports Federation (USIUSF) has named Delise S. O’Meally as the Chef de Mission/Head of Delegation for the 2017 Summer World University Games. USIUSF is a United States Olympic Committee recognized organization comprised of joint membership of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), National Junior…
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As this summer comes to an end, let us not forget the victims of human trafficking and the families of those impacted by this horrendous crime. For many of us, we are currently busy with preparing for back to school whether it be for ourselves or our children. The number of victims of human trafficking…
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Like anyone who kn ew him, read him, watched him or listened to him, I feel a great sense of loss with the passing of Frank Deford. He was one of the media’s biggest social consciences and always spoke the truth about what was right and wrong about sport in America and around the world.…
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Thank you, former President Barak Obama, for declaring January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This modern-day slavery initiative paved the way for numerous communities and organizations to get involved and promote awareness. There were 91 community initiatives in January which was significantly higher than previous months. The San Diego Police Department set precedent by…
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On January 21, we marched… well we didn’t actually march… we stood, and we listened, and we cheered, and laughed and greeted people we had never met before. We took pictures of funny but poignant signs, we heard words of encouragement and strength, we sang along to songs we all knew. The Women’s March on…
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The “March” as a form of organized protest was used effectively during the 1960s civil rights movement but its roots date back many decades. Protests, marches and rallies have always been a powerful way of effecting positive social change, of building community and support for social justice issues, and for empowering underrepresented groups through unity…
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This week marked the 10th anniversary of our NCAS/ DeVos Sport Business Management Hope for Stanley service trips in the post Hurricane Katrina era. Over these 10 years, we have taken 50 service trips to in support of community efforts to continuously rebuild homes for families. Due to the “unnamed storm” that took place in…
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