Monthly Archives: August 2009

LeRoy Neiman, the United States Sports Academy’s 2007 Sport Artist of the Year, is the Official Commemorative Artist of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky. Neiman has been the artist of five Olympics, four Super Bowls, the Breeders’ Cup and the Kentucky Derby. He is known for using bright colors to [...]

PGA Tour golfer and Huntsville, Ala., native Stewart Cink was named the United States Sports Academy’s Alabama Athlete of the Month for July. Cink, a 36-year-old who joined the PGA Tour in 1995, won his first career major when he made a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation at the British Open, [...]

Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich the President of the United States Sports Academy presents a Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Robert Kline the Academy’s Director of Maintenance in recognition of outstanding service.

The United States Sports Academy has combined a revitalized web site and user-friendly upgrades to offer students an exciting approach to its online academic programs. Starting with the Fall Semester 2009, beginning 10 September, the Academy’s online graduate courses will be tailored to focus on improved writing with the course content streamlined to meet this [...]

The United States Sports Academy concluded an Agreement with Manipal University, India’s oldest and most prestigious private university, to provide the country’s first Sport Management degree program in the second most populous country in the world and take a significant step toward building a sports industry there. The Academy will provide the sports content and [...]

The United States Sports Academy and the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) negotiated a new sports education program on 31 July 2009 to assist in the develop of the Caribbean School of Sports Science (CSSS). Dr. Arthur Ogden, the Academy’s Dean of Academic Affairs, was contacted by UTech representatives about the sports program through a [...]

The United States Sports Academy has developed a relationship with China’s prestigious Renmin University to develop sport education programs in the world’s largest emerging market. The Academy has developed a “Protocol for Cooperation” with Renmin, known as “The People’s University of China.” Renmin, considered a Chinese equivalent to an “Ivy League” school in the United [...]

The International Olympic Academy (IOA) in Olympia, Greece and the University of Peloponnese are combining to offer an exciting free post graduate studies program called “Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organization and Management of Olympic Events.” The program is based on the three pillars of the Olympic movement: Education, Sports and Culture, which constitute the foundation [...]

The United States Sports Academy is showing its appreciation for the sacrifices made by Olympians and Paralympians by offering a full tuition Olympic Scholarship Program for the Academy’s Bachelor of Sports Science (B.S.S.) degree. The Academy Olympic Scholarship is available to all United States Olympic and Paralympic participants. The classes are offered entirely online through [...]

Wimbledon champions Roger Federer of Switzerland and Serena Williams of the United States were named Male and Female Athlete of the Month for July by the United States Sports Academy. Federer played for history at Wimbledon, winning an unprecedented 15th Grand Slam singles title and sixth Wimbledon crown in seven years with a victory over [...]