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MORE THAN A GAME. Collegiate Sports from Start to Finish. AECOM offers a new approach to designing, planning and building successful sports destinations. It’s about the bigger picture and the finer grain. It’s about connections and transport, the environment and sustainability. It’s about planning and landscape, local heritage and culture. From long before the seats have been filled to long after they have emptied, we understand that sports and their built environment is about much more than a game. AECOM’s integrated team provides a holistic approach to our creative and technical services from concept to construction and beyond. Brett Fuller 1 816 360 4434 [email protected] aecom.com/morethanagame TABLE OF CONTENTS 18 | STUDY ABROAD AND THE STUDENT-ATHLETE 2012-13 NACDA OFFICERS AND As student-athletes balance college life with training in their sport, there isn’t always EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE time for other outside activities that the average student may be involved in. Michigan OFFICERS State has partnered with the Education Abroad Network to provide a five week study President Kevin Anderson abroad opportunity designed specifically for athletes, where they can take classes, train University of Maryland 1st Vice President in world class facilities and learn about Australian culture. Mike Alden University of Missouri 2nd Vice President Jim Phillips 20 | STUDENT PERSPECTIVE OF THE NACDA CONVENTION Northwestern University 3rd Vice President Tim Selgo Current NACDA Intern Nick Batista looks back on his experience as a student at the NACDA Grand Valley State University Secretary Convention last year in Dallas, and how he navigated and took in everything the Convention Don Tencher Rhode Island College has to offer, in an effort to get his foot in the door of the intercollegiate athletics industry. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FBS REPRESENTATIVES Bubba Cunningham University of North Carolina 22 | IMPORTANT BENEFITS OF MANAGING SPORTS TRAVEL AT YOUR UNIVERSITY Chet Gladchuk United States Naval Academy Managing travel for a collegiate athletics program can be both exciting and challenging. Rick Hart Southern Methodist University Paul Krebs Since 2009, Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has sponsored a Sports Committee University of New Mexico Warde Manuel with the goal of bringing together travel professionals in the sports industry all faced with University of Connecticut FCS REPRESENTATIVES the unique challenges related to all phases of travel. Partnering with CABMA, GBTA will put Jim Murphy Davidson College on a one-day workshop to share effective best business practices in navigating the ever- Greg Burke Northwestern State University I-AAA REPRESENTATIVES changing waters of the travel and hospitality industry. Peg Bradley-Doppes University of Denver Jean Lenti Ponsetto DePaul University 24 | CONVENTION PREVIEW Jack McDonald Quinnipiac University With the NACDA & Affiliates 48th Annual Convention just a few months away, the latest DIVISION II REPRESENTATIVES Jim Johnson Pittsburg State University information pertaining to the Convention is included in this issue of Athletics Ed Matejkovic West Chester University Administration, including information on registration, speakers, exhibitors and more. This Ed McLean Fayetteville State University year’s Convention week is set to be held at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Vince Otoupal Cal State Monterey Bay Perk Weisenburger Fla., from June 10-15. Ferris State University DIVISION III REPRESENTATIVES Al Bean University of Southern Maine Jim Knowlton Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 6|PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 38 | I-AAA ADA CORNER Tom Simmons Ohio Northern University 8|ASSOCIATION NEWS 39 | ICLA CORNER NAIA REPRESENTATIVES Robyn Daugherty 16 |McLENDON UPDATE 40| MOAA CORNER John Brown University Eric Olson NAIA 30 | GETTING TO KNOW: 41 | N4A CORNER Bruce Parker Carroll College CHRISTIAN SPEARS, NAAC PRESIDENT 42| NAAC CORNER JUNIOR/COMMUNITY COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES Jim Forkum 32 | GETTING TO KNOW: 43| NAADD CORNER Santa Rosa Junior College John Scarpino JOHN SUAREZ, I-AAA ADA PRESIDENT 44| NACMA CORNER Seminole State College of Florida Joe Tubb South Plains College 33 | CABMA CORNER 45 | NATYCAA CORNER AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES Sue Bergen 34 | CEFMA CORNER 46| SVG CORNER University of Rhode Island Joni Comstock 35 |COSIDA CORNER 47 | BOOK REVIEW NCAA Missy Conboy University of Notre Dame 36 | D2 ADA CORNER 48 | UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS Patty Viverito Missouri Valley Football/Pioneer League 37 | FCS ADA CORNER Carla Williams University of Georgia FOLLOW US @ twitter.com/NACDA 2 | NACDA ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION Every good team has a game plan. 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