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Members in the News & Membership Additions
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted November 2, 2012 at 2:28pm

Author:  NACWAA Former Associate Director of Athletics Tamara Tranter has taken the position of director of development at Wayne State University. Karen Stromme, assistant athletics director at the University of Minnesota Duluth...more

How Women Can Be Successful As Leaders
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted October 29, 2012 at 8:50pm

source In my post, 3 Ways To Keep Females In Coaching And Athletics Administration, I talk about the lack of ladies in athletics…and the numbers were pretty dramatic.  If you’re interested in seeing all of the numbers and a link to the ...more

Members News and Happenings (@NACWAA)
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted October 26, 2012 at 8:11am

Author:  NACWAA M. Dianne Murphy, Columbia University’s director of intercollegiate athletics and physical education, was inducted into the University of Denver’s Athletics Hall of Fame on October 25. Murphy served as...more

Pro Day: You Can Be Anything You Want to Be
by kaylamcculley
posted October 22, 2012 at 3:30pm

For Dr. Cathie Schweitzer, lessons from her father and mentors guided her along the way to becoming the first female athletic director at Springfield College....more

Election Results & Member News (@NACWWA blog)
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted October 19, 2012 at 7:41am

Author:  NACWAA Congratulations to the newly-elected NACWAA Nominating Committee members, announced October 8 at the #NACWAA12 Business Session: Julie Ruppert, Commissioner, Northeast-10 Conference Loretta Lamar, Associate ...more

Heraea Marketing Focuses on Professional Female Athletes
by stephaniemp
posted October 17, 2012 at 2:21pm

A new business, Heraea Marketing, has opened and focuses primarily on the marketing needs of professional female athletes. Gigi Rock, owner, said that there is a fundamental need to create an affordable marketing service geared towards professional femal...more

She’s Just a Girl. And She’s on Fire.
by Pretty Tough
posted October 10, 2012 at 10:06am

She’s just a girl. And she’s on fire. (Thank you, Alicia Keys.) The fire in her eyes tells you there’s more inside. The strength in her step says no one will stop her. She is gentle in her heart, warm in her spirit and fierce in her pas...more

The Business of Track & Field Contracts
by amyYB
posted October 8, 2012 at 11:08am

The Business of Track & Field Contracts I have started this journal entry a dozen times with the themes of Doors Open and Close, The Roads Are Open, A Different Path and A New Journey. Not one of those themes seemed to convey the thoughts and feelin...more

Pro Day: Kids, Thank Your Coaches. Tomorrow They Could Be Your Boss.
by kaylamcculley
posted October 1, 2012 at 4:48pm

The newly appointed President of TD Garden in Boston, Amy Latimer learned her professional skills in the paint as a full scholarship basketball player at the University of Rhode Island....more

Ex-Lady Vols media director sues University of Tennessee, athletic director for discrimination and forced retirement
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 28, 2012 at 8:12am

Debby Jennings, who was Lady Vols media director for 35 years until retiring last spring, is suing Tennessee and athletic director Dave Hart:KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Lady Vols media director Debby Jennings has filed a lawsuit against the University...more

A female sportswriting pioneer remembered
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted September 27, 2012 at 8:41pm

  Diane K. Shah, the first woman to write a regular sports column for a big-city daily newspaper, pulled off a rare feat that had eluded many of her male counterparts during her stint with the now-departed Los Angeles Herald-Examiner in the 198...more

The Web’s longform sports evolution continues
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted September 26, 2012 at 2:14pm

Tweet When the SB Nation blog network rolled out its redesign Tuesday, it also introduced a new longform feature that’s becoming a standard part of many sports web ventures. This comes on the heels of the launch of Sports on Earth, an online compo...more

Member News & Advancement #NACWAA
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted September 21, 2012 at 5:36pm

Author:  NACWAA Cora H. Brumley, who joined SUNY Oswego as the assistant athletic director in 2006 and serves as the institutional senior woman administrator, has been named interim athletic director. Beth Gottung was recently n...more

Careers:
by kaylamcculley
posted September 17, 2012 at 8:43am

Women Talk Sports drops in on intercollegiate athletic leaders gathered for the 2012 Women's Leadership Symposium on Sept. 18-19...more

Administrators on the Move + 46 New Members
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted September 14, 2012 at 9:51am

Author:  NACWAA Sue Willey has been named vice president for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Indianapolis. She has served as director of athletics since 2003. Read more NACWAA Board of Directors member Debbie...more

Big 12 Conference Reaches New Media Rights Agreement With ESPN And FOX
by Swish Appeal
posted September 8, 2012 at 9:21pm

After years of hubub surrounding conference realignment, particularly when talking about the Big 12 Conference, the renegotiation of television broadcasting rights has effectively squelched this topic and left the conference looking strong for over a de...more

Social Justice Feminism Conference at University of Cincinnati
by Title IX Blog
posted September 2, 2012 at 8:25pm

Allow me to plug an upcoming conference on Social Justice Feminism, sponsored by the Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Cincinnati School of Law.  From October 25 to October 27, panelists including advocates, activists, ...more

Why Women’s Athletics? Selling Its Benefits In Tough Economic Times
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 31, 2012 at 3:33pm

source I wrote this article for the Fall 2010 NCAA Champion magazine.  I found that the more I talked to female athletes at all levels, many of them really didn’t understand Title IX or the value of women’s athletics.  My goal in th...more

A Week of Advancement & Announcements
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:16am

Author:  NACWAA Kris Kuhr Fowler has been hired as associate athletic director for compliance at Indiana University. She was formerly assistant athletic director for compliance at the University of Kansas. Former NCAA coordinato...more

Female Leaders: How To Get Ahead And Not Alienate People
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 29, 2012 at 3:33pm

source Hey ladies…it’s true!  We always thought that it was, now there’s proof.  A study by the Harvard business school shows that when women asked for raises, not only were their bosses less inclined to give them the raise, ...more

NO WINNER at the 2012 NPF Championships: A Disappointing Finish
by stephaniemp
posted August 27, 2012 at 12:03pm

I can read it now. The record books will say, "The winner of the 2012 NPF Championship Series winner is... NO ONE." After 3.10 days of National Professional Fastpitch Championship competition the end result was zilch. We have no winner. And it doesn't...more

Marder Alludes To An Uncertain Future for the NPF
by stephaniemp
posted August 25, 2012 at 6:33pm

A question regarding this comment was made again today (Day 3) in the press conference after Akron lost to the USSSA Pride. Marder simply reiterated her previous thoughts. Finances are frequent issues for women's sports leagues (i.e. WPS). Could t...more

Forward Into Fall: Member News & Happenings
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted August 24, 2012 at 7:39am

Author:  NACWAA University of Denver Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation and NACWAA Past President Peg Bradley-Doppes has been named one of six inductees into this year’s Girl Scouts of Colorado's Women of Dis...more

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