Photo: Courtesy of Stacey Watts
Sport Management majors honed their teamwork and leadership skills at Mount Sunapee’s aerial challenge course last fall. KCOA members how to use the Wii Sports electronic game system, and the activity was so successful that the students incorporated the feature into the Sport and Wellness Festival. Lowimpact activities such as badminton and yoga were also offered, while local health-related businesses provided participants with health and wellness information. In spring 2011, senior Sport Management students worked with
former New London Recreation Director Chad Denning to create and promote Team Athletes Multisport Partnership (AMP). Team AMP specializes in hosting unique outdoor activities for all ages and abilities, including XTERRA events, the Western New Hampshire Trail Running Series, and the Winter Wild Uphill Series. Students worked behind the scenes with Denning to create a formal business plan, design a company logo, develop a website,
and secure sponsorship. Their contributions can be seen at www. teamamp.org. As Sport Management faculty, we have seen firsthand that significant learning occurs through students’ ability to plan, lead, organize and control events. This learning, however, is best expressed by the students themselves who rely on handson experience to prepare them for their future. Sport Management major Laura Tebbetts ’14 says,
“Through my experiences with planning and organizing events for Sport Management, I have learned the importance of goal setting and motivating others.”
“Through my experiences with planning and organizing events for Sport Management, I have learned the importance of goal setting and motivating others.” “Running events for the Sport Management program at Colby-Sawyer has really helped me actively participate in what I am learning,” says fellow Sport Management major Jesse Socci ’15. “The experiences are great and range from facility tours and putting on events for the college to volunteering at the Boston Marathon, and more. This is very important because students can apply out of class what they learn in class.”
— Laura Tebbetts ’14 Fall 2013
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