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Title IX Godmother Inducted to Hall of Fame
by Title IX Blog
posted October 14, 2013 at 8:47pm

Over the weekend, Title IX advocate Bernice Sandler was inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY, alongside other notable women including Nancy Pelosi, Betty Ford, Kate Millett. Sandler has spent a lifetime challenging sex discrim...more

Football's Five Percent: New FBS Women ADs Meet on the Gridiron via @NACWAA
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted September 11, 2013 at 8:25pm

Author:  Annie Butts, NACWAA NACWAA members Julie Hermann and Heather Lyke are two of the 19 women who have advanced into intercollegiate athletics director, commissioner or NCAA vice president roles in 2013. Hermann is also NACW...more

Never Ever Give Up a blog post inspired by @diananyad
by EmilyAzevedo
posted September 10, 2013 at 3:40pm

I don’t know Diana Nyad nor had I followed her extreme dream before this her fifth and final attempt of swimming the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida.  I found myself glued to the television cheering the 64 year old on and tearing up as she limp...more

Never Ever Give Up a blog post inspired by @diananyad
by EmilyAzevedo
posted September 10, 2013 at 3:40pm

I don’t know Diana Nyad nor had I followed her extreme dream before this her fifth and final attempt of swimming the 110 miles from Cuba to Florida.  I found myself glued to the television cheering the 64 year old on and tearing up as she limp...more

Member News & #NACWAA13 Institutional Sponsors
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted August 30, 2013 at 8:58am

Author:  NACWAA Dr. Scarlett Schmidt has been hired as executive director of athletics development at the University of Pennsylvania. She was formerly senior executive director of athletics development at George Washington Univer...more

Members on the Move & 27 New to @NACWAA
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted August 24, 2013 at 12:16pm

Author:  NACWAA Stephanie Duke has been hired as interim associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at Cal Poly Pomona. She has spent the past six years as associate athletic director and senior woman administrato...more

Strong & Successful Women Role Models for Teen Girls
by JoelJohn
posted August 20, 2013 at 9:25pm

It was about a year ago nearly every major news outlet announced that the Augusta National Golf Club welcomed the first females, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore, to join the prestigious all...more

.@NACWAA Welcomes 41 New Members
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted August 9, 2013 at 9:14am

Author:  NACWAA Angie Cretors has accepted the position of senior associate director of athletics for NCAA rules education and compliance services at the University of Connecticut. She was previously associate director of enforce...more

Welcome To My Quarter Life Crisis
by GAzevedo
posted August 9, 2013 at 12:46am

It took me 4 years of hard work, multiple (and I mean MULTIPLE) change-of-major request forms, and 2 different bicycles, but I finally did it. I finally graduated college! I am officially a UC Davis alum. Soooo…now what? For the past 4 years as a ...more

NCAA vs. O'Bannon could change college sports as we know it
by Swish Appeal
posted July 23, 2013 at 4:53pm

There's an article worth reading from Steve Berkowitz at USA Today about the finances of Division I athletics departments.* Only 23 of 228 athletics departments at NCAA Division I schools are financially self sufficient - that means that the athletics p...more

So You Want To Be A Coach?
by Marissa Kastanek
posted July 23, 2013 at 4:34pm

An overview of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's educational program called So You Want to Be A Coach. The program is set up to help graduated female basketball players determine if they want to be college coach....more

Is Tenure the Next Title IX Trend?
by Title IX Blog
posted June 28, 2013 at 7:28pm

A lot of research has been devoted to the situation women in academia face in terms of getting jobs, getting tenure-tracks jobs (versus positions as adjuncts, lecturers, and temporary visiting positions). Though the number of women in graduate programs co...more

Val Ackerman Named Big East Commissioner via @NACWAA
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 28, 2013 at 9:10am

Author:  NACWAA Former WNBA and USA Basketball President Val Ackerman (right) was named the new Big East Conference commissioner. The new 10-school conference will officially begin operation on July 1. Read more Ragean Hill, for...more

Survey of female business leaders: almost all played sports
by Title IX Blog
posted June 25, 2013 at 9:25pm

It's not news that athletic participation by women correlates with academic and career success, but this recent study serves as a remarkable underscore of that point.  Accounting firm Ernst and Young surveyed its female senior managers and executives...more

New grad says “Lean In” lessons come with playing ball
by Fair Game News
posted June 22, 2013 at 10:32am

By Ashleigh Sargent Of course we’re all talking about Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. There’s the public conversation about the gender gap in leadership in the U.S. (and controversy about some messages...more

Erin McDermott Named University of Chicago AD (via @NACWAA)
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 21, 2013 at 9:00am

Author:  NACWAA NACWAA Board of Directors member and Princeton University Deputy Athletic Director Erin McDermott (right) has been named athletic director at the University of Chicago. She will oversee 19 intercollegiate sports, ...more

Highest paid female athletes play individual sports
by Sports, Media & Society
posted June 16, 2013 at 11:26am

ESPNW reported that the highest paid female athletes out of 57 countries are predominantly tennis players, followed by golfers,  a few long-distance runners, two skiers and a squash athlete. The article focused on the WTA's business model and illustr...more

Five @NACWAA Members Named Under Armour ADs of the Year
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 13, 2013 at 8:54am

Author:  NACWAA Five NACWAA members will be honored as Under Armour AD of the Year Award recipients at the NACDA & Affiliates Convention in Orlando on Saturday, June 15.  Honorees include Janet Cone of the University of ...more

. @NACWAA Member Accolades, News Aplenty
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 7, 2013 at 9:13am

Author:  NACWAA Retired Angelo State University Athletic Director Kathleen Brasfield will receive the D2 ADA 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at the NACDA Convention in Orlando next week. Read more Suzanne Kilian, assis...more

Leaning In: Amy Huchthausen, America East Commissioner (via @NACWAA)
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted May 31, 2013 at 8:26am

Author:  Annie Butts, NACWAA   “We can reignite the revolution by internalizing the revolution. The shift to a more equal world will happen person by person. We move closer to the larger goal of true equality with eac...more

Did Frank Deford just tell me to lean in??
by After Atalanta
posted May 16, 2013 at 2:32pm

Last week several people told me I must listen to Frank Deford's weekly piece on NPR's Morning Edition. I finally listened to it this morning. I have not read any other opinions about it--or even looked to see if they exist.I have seen many opinions, howe...more

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