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​Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Sports and Event Management program has partnered with the Burlington Parks and Recreation Department to host the first annual Haw River Hustle 5K on Nov. 23.

Five sport and event management majors helped manage a concession tent during men's and women's golf championships this summer in Pinehurst, North Carolina, and proceeds from their effort will benefit a scholarship program for Â鶹ÊÓƵ students completing sport and event mangagement internships.

The chapter highlights the need for effective academic and student life partnerships in creating meaningful educational opportunities.

Shea Coakley ’07 is providing nutritious food to customers while feeding those in need through his company, LeanBox.

The first-year summer experience program offered by the Office of New Student and Transition Programs familiarizes incoming students with Â鶹ÊÓƵ's campus and helps them develop outdoor and team-building skills before classes begin in the fall.

Five students from the Department of Sport and Event Management have recruited volunteers, handled sales receipts and coordinated inventory this month at a concessions tent in Pinehurst, North Carolina, for the 2014 men’s and women’s U.S. Open Championships.

The Department of Sport and Event Management hopes to make as much as $50,000 this summer for its endowed scholarship fund by managing a golf course concession tent when North Carolina hosts the U.S. Open Championships.

The school hosted its annual awards ceremony May 6 to honor high achievement from faculty and students in the last year.

Join SEM227B at the 12th Man for Team IMPACT tailgate prior to the spring football game on Saturday, April 26 from 4-7 p.m. at Rhodes Stadium benefiting Team IMPACT. 

Associate Professor Tony Weaver and instructor Mark Cryan have been interviewed by WFMY News 2 and WUNC's "The State of Things" in recent weeks for their expertise on the business of sports.