Sport Management News
Three for One
Three members of the Falk College family will be honored at the One University Awards ceremony April 19: Katherine McDonald (Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction Award), and Ken Marfilius and Sudha Raj (Continuing Excellence category for the Meredith Professorship Program awards)...
Industry Perspective
As the newest members of the Falk College Advisory Board, Andrea Massop Ramos and Tatiana Warren will bring insights from their professional disciplines, forge corporate and community partnerships, and “add valuable contributions in other influential ways,” says Dean Jeremy Jordan...
Exploring Careers
The third “Falk in D.C. Career Exploration” trip this past fall to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., had a new twist: For the first time, the trip included separate tracks for health/human services and sport-related careers as the 27 students who participated represented all Falk College programs ...
‘A True Inspiration’
Seniors Collin Kneiss, Nicholas Kamimoto, Tyler Bolebruch, and Marissa Schneider from Falk College’s Sport Analytics program will travel to Dallas, Texas, Feb. 21-22 to compete in the AXS National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship and defend Syracuse University’s national title...
High Honors
Falk College boasts a robust, collaborative research community in which students play an active role. Danny Baris (sport analytics), Sarah Dellett (nutrition science), and Mingxuan (Jessica) Li (public health) are three Falk students who have been recently honored for their research achievements...
When 2 > 3
A recent study by Falk College sport analytics professors Shane Sanders and Justin Ehrlich shows the value of 3-point shots in the NBA is now less than 2-pointers. Sanders and Ehrlich will present their research at the prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference March 1-2 in Boston...
Joining the Team
The new esports communications and management degree program offered jointly by Falk College and the Newhouse School has appointed three new staff members: Program Manager Nikita Bair, Director of Production and Outreach Sean Kelly, and Director of Competition Travis Yang...
New Dean for Research
Katherine McDonald, Ph.D., has been named Senior Associate Dean for Research and Administration in Falk College, where under her leadership with the Office of Research Development “the College has experienced steady growth in research activity by every measure,” says Dean Jeremy Jordan ...
Supporting Student Experience
Megan Myers, who has been named Falk College’s new Assistant Dean of Advancement, joined the Falk advancement team in 2018 and has a history of creating partnerships that have grown the College and created new opportunities for students and faculty ...
The Right Touch
At its 19th Annual Charity Sports Auction in November, the Sport Management Club at Falk College raised $48,000 for Tillie’s Touch, a local not-for-profit organization that provides the necessary sports and/or school equipment for a child when their family is unable to do so ...