The Syracuse Sports Corporation, along with the graduate students in the Sport Venue and Event Management master’s program at Syracuse University’s Falk College, will host the 2015 Syracuse Sport Summit on Thursday, April 30 at Drumlins Country Club, 800 Nottingham Road The event aims to spark discussion about the integration of disabled citizens, particularly wounded military veterans, into the community through the use of adaptive sports. The students in Dr. Gina Pauline’s SPM 665—Advanced Sport Event Management have spent the Spring 2015 semester to plan this event, which will determine the feasibility of Syracuse hosting an adaptive sports competition in…
On Friday, April 24, Falk College and its Department of Sport Management will host “Sport and the Pursuit of Healthiness,” a multimedia symposium on how public health concerns are affecting sports participation and what is being done to make sports safer. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 4:00 p.m. in Grant Auditorium. During the symposium, results from a survey of students and parents from 20 states and three foreign countries asking how they decide which sports to play (or not to play) will be released. “In the 21st century, millions of American children still…
Each year, 35 Syracuse University Remembrance Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students on the basis of distinguished academic achievement, citizenship, and service. Three Falk College students have been awarded this prestigious honor for the 2015-16 academic year: Julie Bengis, Sport Management Chistina LiPuma, Nutrition Hannah Visnosky, Sport Management “To be named a Remembrance Scholar is one of the highest honors at Syracuse University that recognizes students’ outstanding academic achievement and service, which is consistent with the Falk College’s priorities for all students. We are very proud of Julie, Christina and Hannah—and all of this year’s scholars,” notes Diane Lyden Murphy,…
Students and their faculty-staff advisors in Falk College were recognized with three 2015 Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement and Scholarship during a ceremony April 22. The Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement and Scholarship are given each year to Syracuse University students and groups who exemplify the highest ideal of sustained, quality engagement with citizens in our community. Falk College honorees include: Student Organization—Sport Management Club Innovation in Academic Engagement—FST 402: Feeding the City Legacy Award for Academic Engagement—SWK 435, 445, 671, 672, 771, 772/BSSW seniors, MSW graduate students Read more about the award’s ceremony
Seventeen sport management graduate students in Dr. Gina Pauline’s advanced sport event management course have spent the spring semester, in collaboration with the Syracuse Sports Corporation, laying the foundation to not only produce the 2nd Annual Syracuse Sport Summit taking place April 30 but also to explore the possibility of bringing a multi-sport statewide competition for athletes with physical disabilities—including wounded military veterans—to Syracuse. On April 30th, the students will showcase their efforts and dedication to adaptive sports. The Summit aims to spark discussion about the integration of disabled citizens into the community through the use of adaptive sports. It…
Our 20 sport management majors and minors spending their spring break in Los Angeles for a week-long immersion trip invite you to follow their blog. Students will keep you up-to-date on the various meetings, games, sites and attractions they will experience throughout the course of the immersion experience. It will be a busy, exciting and educational week exploring the sports industry on the west coast. Students will meet with executives and SU sport management alums from AEG, UCLA, USC, Santa Anita Racetrack, NASCAR, FOX Sports, LA Dodgers, Lakers, Mandalay, The Stub Hub Center and so much more. Follow the blog
by Justin Mattingly ‘17 Three sport management majors and Professor Dr. Rodney Paul attended the conference, which took place from March 12-14, with an additional sport management major contributing to research. The group was joined by a sport management minor and a graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences. Gregory Ackerman, representing the class of 2015, along with Colby Conetta and Joey Weinberg, members of the class of 2017, attended the conference in Phoenix, Arizona and took part in the Diamond Dollars Case Competition. The two other members of their team were Justin Mattingly, a sophomore newspaper and…
In the February 2 edition of Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal, David Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management Rick Burton provides insights for sports entrepreneurs and enthusiasts as he, and co-author Norm O’Reilly, the Richard P. & Joan S. Fox Professor of Business and chair of the Department of Sports Administration at Ohio University, offer a visionary look into what 2015 holds for the sports industry. The column, “Second-tier events, health initiatives will gain foothold in 2015,” suggests a new era of sports is coming. Consistent with conversations in Falk College classrooms, Professor Burton’s column details participation sports and…
Dear Falk Undergraduate and Grad. Students, Please join Falk College Dean, Diane Lyden Murphy, and your classmates for a Falk Student Community Meet-and-Greet. A date will be scheduled after Spring Break. Dean Murphy is interested in hearing your ideas about student needs in our new building. What would you like to see in the student lounge? What makes your study space ideal? Hear about renovations in-the-works, including space for student services, food services, and collaborative learning. Pizza, salad and soda will be served! Share your suggestions via email.
Sport Management professor Dr. John Wolohan and Sport Management senior Scott Kevy ’15 co-authored an article for the Athletic Business magazine’s January/February 2015 edition on the Kent State University case involving the shifting of a defensive coordinator on the football team to a non-coaching position.
