Game Time: A Live Sports Storytelling Event
How are former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, my first trip to New York, former Japanese baseball player Hideki Irabu, and...
The Classroom as a Practice Field: My Hawkeye Lunch & Learn Lecture
I recently served as the October Hawkeye Lunch & Learn lecturer at the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa Office of Outreach and...
Can Sport Management Students Find Jobs?
As a sport management professor, I occasionally get questions about the job prospects for our students and skepticism about the...
Field Trip Recap – Cubs, Bulls and Paragon Marketing Group
I begin every semester by leading a field trip of University of Iowa students to a larger city to explore careers in the sport industry...
Experiential Learning with the Blackhawks and Kernels
A highlight on my teaching calendar each year is the summer practicum that I lead where students get to work with the Chicago Blackhawks...
Developing Future Sport Business Leaders in the NBA D-League
Students in my spring semester practicum course put academic preparation into practice by working with the Iowa Energy NBA Development...
Sport Business Field Trip Recap – Baseball, Basketball and Hockey in Milwaukee
I started the spring semester by leading 53 University of Iowa students on an educational and networking field trip to Milwaukee. The...
Tips on Applying to My University of Iowa Practicum Course (and any Job/Internship)
‘Tis the season for making summer plans if you are a University of Iowa student who wants to get into my summer Sport Management...
An Evening of Mentoring and Networking at St. Ambrose University
Last week I had the privilege of serving as a panelist at St. Ambrose University’s inaugural “Buzz Into the Sport Industry” event. ...
Negotiation 101: Students as Sports Agents and General Managers
One of my favorite classroom projects each semester is the contract negotiation in my Sport Business Practices course. Nate Kaeding,...