COVID-19 called a time-out on everything – sports included. Four alumni of the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education who work in the industry – a player, a coach and two front office professionals – talked during the April 14 Whiteboard
Read moreCommunity Learning Series on careers in sport management advises audience: spot opportunity, grab ‘those baseballs’
Success, says Dan Migala, is about the baseballs you choose to pick up. Considered literally, it’s what launched the career of legendary Major League Baseball skipper Sparky Anderson. In the figurative sense, it’s a mantra that encourages finding and grabbing the opportunities
Read moreSports Diplomacy course scores with great timing, conversations
Paul Wright has no problem stirring a lively conversation. Not only is NIU’s EC Lane and MN Zimmerman Endowed Professor in Kinesiology and Physical Education a deft moderator, but the students in his KNPE 399: Sport and Diplomacy course are Honors Program
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