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Janet Parks, distinguished teaching professor emerita and co-editor of Contemporary Sport Management, was recently recognized by NASSM with a research grant award named in her honor. The NASSM Research Grant Program is intended to advance scholarship in sport management by providing support to NASSM members as they pursue projects of importance to the field. Award recepients are NASSM members in good standing and are expected to demonstrate a commitment to completing the work and submitting...
Since 1997 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida has become an important venue for sport tourism in the state of Florida with the opening of Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. Since 1997 Walt Disney World (WDW) in Orlando, Florida, has become an important venue for sport tourism in the state of Florida with the opening of its Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. The Wide World of Sports Complex contains world-class facilities for hosting a range of sport events from baseball and beach...
Event sport tourism is not the only type of tourism to have an effect on a host community. The sustainability of most events may lie in the social dimensions, particularly enhanced community spirit, increased patriotism, and even an experienced event volunteer labor force that has the skills necessary to help with future events hosted by the community. Chernushenko argued that the Lillehammer Olympic Games provided a good example of event sport tourism and environmentalism that future events...
Several HK authors were recently involved in the creation of a new Title IX DVD set, created through a partnership between WBGU-PBS, Bowling Green State University, and the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS). Human Kinetics’ authors were influential in the creation and content in a new 3-disc DVD set, Title IX: Implications for Women in Sport and Education. Linda J. Carpenter and R. Vivian Acosta, authors of the Human Kinetics book Title IX , are among the experts who...
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In many cases, the community sport organization is governed by a volunteer board of directors that sets policy for the organization. Still, most experts agree that volunteers are a critical component of community sport, and managing volunteers is essential to organizational functioning and survival. Although a professional human resource management (HRM) model can sometimes be a hindrance in completely volunteer-run sport organizations, it can be helpful in providing guidelines, structure, ...
The emergence of new media has already had a profound effect on how many sport communication professionals practice their profession. They range from traditional Web sites and social networking Web sites (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, MySpace) to sport Web logs (i.e., blogs) and e-commerce systems. Only a few years ago, sport media relations professionals were completely reliant on the mass media to convey messages that originated with the sport organization through news releases.
Important segments of the international sport industry include arenas, event management, ticketing, sport law, security, sport marketing, accommodations, and travel. Important segments of the international sport industry include arenas, event management, stadia, sport products, ticketing, sport law, security, fitness centers, rehabilitation and sports medicine centers, sport marketing, accommodations, and travel. These segments are crucial to the conduct of international sport and are the ...
Ethnic minority or lower-income populations experience monumental economic and cultural challenges to healthy eating, physical activity participation, and many other health protective behaviors. Conversely, fast-food restaurants are more plentiful in low-income and ethnic minority communities. Leisure-time physical activity and foods with high nutrient value and low energy density are costly for individuals from low-income and ethnic minority backgrounds, both in time and money.
As a park naturalist at Meramec State Park, he led presentations, tours, and programs for groups of park visitors concerning local flora, fauna, caves, history biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, learning about the state’s native plants and becoming familiar with its natural areas. As a national park ranger in New Jersey, he independently pioneered an entomological study that helped lead to an endangered species - a beach tiger beetle - being reintroduced to the park.
