Spring 2013, Vol. 5, Issue 2 Lifetime Achievement……... 1, 12 Alum/Student Spotlight……. 2 Student Organizations……..
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Advising Information……… 5
SHSRM Digest
New Faculty Profiles………. 6-7 Study Abroad………………. 8 In the Classroom…………… 9-11 Napa Wine and Culture……. 10 Theme Dinners ……………. 11
School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management Godwin Hall, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
A Super Experience While people across the United States were gobbling up their buffalo wings, chips and dip, and other countless snacks just before the Super Bowl kicked off, a group of students from James Madison University’s School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management were on a bus headed away from the Superdome in New Orleans. Their work was complete. Eleven SHSRM students and two professors traveled to New Orleans Jan. 29-Feb. 4 to work the fan and sponsor events leading into Super Bowl XLVII. They didn’t get to attend the game, but the work was a beefy resume builder and an experience of a lifetime.
Above: Students posed for a photo prior to entering the grounds of the Superdome on Super Bowl Sunday.
The group departed on Jan. 29 for Birmingham, Ala., where they toured the Southeastern Conference offices and listened to SEC Director of Media Relations Craig Pinkerton reveal how the conference operates day-to-day. The group then traveled further south, where students worked four events in four days, gaining a variety of experiences pertaining to the management of a mega-event such as the Super Bowl. The events were:
NFL Experience: Assisted with interactive stations such as autograph stage, punt/pass/kick events, NFL memorabilia display, and Super Bowl trophy exhibit. Super Bowl Boulevard: Welcomed tourists into the city’s Riverwalk area set up for fans to experience local culture, food, and music. - Continued on p. 8 -
O’Fallon Hired as Director of SHSRM After an internal search within the University, Dr. Michael O’Fallon was recently announced as the full-time Director of the School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management (SHSRM). In 2010, Dr. O’Fallon was appointed as the Interim Director of the School. O’Fallon served as an integral part of the leadership team that helped form the new school as the Hospitality Management program transitioned out of the College of Business and Sport and Recreation Management out of the Department of Kinesiology. In announcing O’Fallon’s hiring, Bud Clarke (Interim Dean, College of Business) highlighted O’Fallon’s “dynamic leadership” while acting as the school’s interim director and also noted that the “School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management