Students interested in the short-term Global Public Health Policy Course being held at Anglia Ruskin Univ. in Cambridge, England over Spring Break 2014 should visit the SU Abroad website for complete information, including dates, costs, and lecture topics. If you are interested in participating in the course, please also submit your application per instructions on the SU Abroad website as soon as possible. During spring semester registration in November, you must also register for this course HTW 300, SEC M001 on MySlice, along with your other spring classes.
Sophomore sport management major, Brianna Butler, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women’s Basketball Player of the Weekfollowing an MVP performance at the Paradise Jam while leading the Orange to three straight wins and the Reef Division title. She was additionally honored as espnW’s National Player of the Week.
The Sport Management Club at Syracuse University, in collaboration with Steiner Sports Memorabilia, is holding an online auction of premium items now through January 6, 2014. Just in time for the holidays, this on-line auction is part of the Syracuse University Sport Management Club’s Charity Sports Auction to benefit Food Bank of Central New York. The on-line auction offers a wide range of sports memorabilia including autographed footballs by Peyton Manning and by Joe Montana, as well as an autographed Dikembe Mutombo sneaker, Toshiba Classic autographed poster and Mariano Rivera Super Fan Set. The online auction will also feature an…
The Falk College’s Sport Management Club ‘After the Auction’ Sale is happening now through December 20. Students, faculty, and staff, along with their friends and families, are invited to visit http://www.sucharitysportsauction.com to view and purchase more than 70 items ranging from jewelry, accessories, books and various classes, to autographed sports memorabilia and much more. All items are available at deeply discounted prices on a first-come, first-served basis, and all proceeds will benefit Food Bank of Central New York. The list is likely to change as additional items become available. Items are sold on a first come, first served basis. Cash…
Non-perishable food donations accepted at campus drop-off locations through Nov. 22 The Student Council on Family Relations (SCFR), a recognized graduate student organization in the Falk College’s Department of Child and Family Studies, is sponsoring a food drive to benefit Vera House. Non-perishable food items, including packaged and canned goods, are being collected at the following Syracuse University campus locations now through Nov. 22: Main Entrance, 426 Ostrom Ave. Falk College Student Lounge, Third Floor, Sims Hall SCFR is an established graduate student organization under the direction and advisement of the Department of Child and Family Studies in the Falk…
Graduate students in the Falk College’s Sport Venue and Event Management M.S. program traveled to Philadelphia Nov. 7-9 for a three-day field trip that included visits with various executives from the Philadelphia Phillies (MLB), Philadelphia Eagles (NFL), Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), Front Row Marketing and Aramark, a global leader in facilities and food services. A highlight of the field trip included attendance at a Philadelphia 76ers NBA game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The trip was part of Falk Professor Rick Burton’s graduate sport facilities management class and the group was accompanied by Dr. Chad McEvoy, the director of the sport venue…
In preparation for an hour-‐long workshop geared to target students of junior and senior class standing in Fowler Highschool, WCNY and David B. Falk senior and workshop presenter, Chyna A. Fox, are looking to collect new to gently used business professional garments and accessories to coincide with their presentation. The newly developed Trying on Success workshop has been structured to provide students with valuable appearance-‐related information about how to dress in job and college interviews as well as “on-‐the-‐job”. During this very interactive workshop, students will learn what appropriate business attire is and how to dress for success. The workshop…
The SPM Advisory Council is sponsoring an online auction to benefit SPM initiatives for undergraduate and graduate students. Proceeds raised will directly benefit undergraduate and graduate student initiatives for the Department of Sport Management in the Falk College, including (but not limited to): need-based financial assistance in support of research; scholarship; community service and civic engagement; travel to academic presentations; experiential learning opportunities; educational trips to network and learn from industry practitioners and a special needs fund to offset student emergencies.
Article by George Bain A Falk College research team is helping Onondaga County identify risk factors that indicate when children and youth will cross over from the child welfare system into the juvenile justice system. The team includes CFS associate professor, Matthew Mulvaney, the project director; Rachel Razza, assistant professor of child and family studies; Nancy Mudrick, professor of social work; Keith Alford, associate professor of social work, and; Carrie Jefferson Smith, director and associate professor of social work. All bring diverse perspectives and areas of expertise to the project. Suzanne Soule, Falk College computer consultant, is developing the database.…
In the Amazon port city of Belem, Brazil, David Larsen came to understand the luxury of a few pennies. Larsen, an assistant professor of public health in the Falk College, worked among the people living in extreme poverty in the favelas, while a missionary from 2002-04. “We’d be knocking on doors and saw very close up the devastating effects of the lack of health care, clean water and sanitation,” he says. “They literally had nothing.” And the simplest of measures—such as an ordinary antibiotic worth a few cents—could have a profound impact. “Seeing the things that I had taken for…
