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NADIIIAA Summer Forum

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NADIIIAA Summer Forum

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    1. NADIIIAA Summer Forum June 6, 2006 Integration – Education & Athletics, A Model for Success Debbie Lazorik Bob Malekoff Ronda Seagraves

    Integration, the fundamental principle of and the most distinctive characteristic of Division III. How would you define integration?

    2. Division III Philosophy Statement Colleges and universities in Division III place highest priority on the overall quality of the educational experience and on the successful completion of all students’ academic programs. They seek to establish and maintain an environment in which a student-athlete’s athletics activities are conducted as an integral part of the student-athlete’s educational experience. They also seek to establish and maintain an environment that values cultural diversity and gender equity among their student-athletes and athletics staff. (Revised: 1/10/95)

    3. What do we want to accomplish in this session?:

    Begin thinking about integration Conversations with colleagues Ideas to take back to your campus – create conversations back home. What is your “elevator speech”? INTRODUCTIONS

    4. Sabbatical Project Debbie Lazorik Director of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation Associate Professor Marietta College Integration – Education & Athletics, A Model for Success June 2006 – January 2007

    Partnership with the NCAA – support to attend seminars, conferences, institutional visits Focused around what we mean by integration Continuation of what was started at the 2006 convention on Best Practices OUTCOME: Present a white paper at the 2007 Convention Create a document: Division III Intercollegiate Athletics – A Practical Guide to Integration & Campus Culture. Used for educating trustees, CEO’s, senior administrators, faculty and coaches.

    5. Scope of Project

    Definition – Broader scope – a contemporary and comprehensive view of the role of intercollegiate athletics. What does it look like? Academic Student Life Co-Curricular Organizational chart – reporting channel Human Resources Enrollment/Retention Development Physical Plant Administration/Finance Assessment College Relations/Marketing Strategies for achievement Best Practices

    6. Integration – Education & Athletics, A Model for Success Bob Malekoff

    7. Integration- Is Southwestern University Engaged?

    8. The College Sports Project – Why Us?

    9. Discovery

    CSP was not necessarily looking to change the way we functioned CSP was interested in the examination of how athletics interacted with all areas of the campus

    10. Areas we were engaged

    Hiring of new coaches – involved members of the SU community such as FAR, faculty, Student Life staff and administration Our coaches teach class Faculty status University committees AD spoke at University division meetings and emphasized how our department could help & dispelled some of the myths surrounding athletes as far as missed class time, etc. FY Move-in

    11. Where we weren’t Engaged

    There was no connection between the students as athletes and the faculty Our new staff was left on their own to engage with other faculty members We were really doing very little to market ourselves to our campus community

    12. What we are doing since attending the CSP Integration Institute

    DELIBERATELY-looking at ways to integrate Athletics/Student-athletes Faculty/Staff Administration

    13. CSP Integration - Continued

    SAAC Community Award – The SAAC nominates various student-athletes who they believe represent the whole campus with regards to: Academic Excellence Community Service Is a good University Citizen Athletic Accomplishments The entire campus is invited to vote on the finalist and a plaque is awarded to the recipient.

    14. Mentoring Program

    Our new department members are assigned to a veteran coach They are escorted to different University functions and introduced to different faculty and staff Accompany them to the dining hall during lunch for introductions in an informal setting Works with them in learning the SU “way”

    15. Developed a Student Marketing Group

    These pre-game and half-time events are developed and run by our student marketing group. The aim is to entice not just students but faculty and staff as well as their families to our events. Activities include: - Give-a-ways Punch Cards Tailgating activities

    16. Student Marketing Group

    Faculty Zone – a faculty member will be chosen one week prior to a game and they are encouraged to invite their class members and other students and faculty to join them at the game. They will be fed pizza and drinks while they enjoy the game.

    17. Mousepad Give-A-Way

    We gave mousepads to all incoming First-year students and all of the faculty

    18. Conclusion

    Integration must be deliberate Must include faculty/staff, administrators and student-athletes in the implementation

    19. Discussion Questions

    What is the benefit of a fully integrated athletics program? What are the challenges to achieving a fully integrated athletics program? How do we get the student-athlete perspective?

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