Monthly Archives: July 2010

Mr. Jason Goodner (left), Dean of Academic Affairs for Andrew College in Cuthbert, Ga., meets with United States Sports Academy Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Arthur Ogden. Mr. Goodner visited the Academy’s campus Tuesday, 27 July to discuss possible cooperation between the two institutions in their academic programs.

Costas Solomou (right), a United States Sports Academy doctoral student and sports administrator for the Cyprus Sports Organization, took his comprehensive finals examination last week. The examination process was supervised by Dr. Fred Cromartie (left), the Academy’s Director of Doctoral Studies and Chair of Sports Management. In Cyprus, Solomou supervises the development of new talent, [...]

Chris Plonsky The Director of Women’s Athletics at the University of Texas and the Senior Producer of SportsNet New York cable/satellite television became the two newest members of the United States Sports Academy’s College Football Game of the Year Committee. Texas AD Chris Plonsky and SNY Senior Producer Jeane Willis accepted invitations to join the [...]

Tim Foley (left), a United States Sports Academy faculty member, discusses sports marketing practices with Malaysian students during a recent visit to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Foley traveled to Malaysia to teach a course in cooperation with Institut Sukan Negara Malaysia (Malaysian National Sports Institute) as a part of the Academy’s International Certification in Sports [...]

Twelve doctoral students at the United States Sports Academy completed their comprehensive final examinations on the Academy’s campus on 7-9 July. Academy Department Chairs and doctoral students gather in the Academy’s Main Lobby. Pictured from left to right: Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Arthur Ogden; Department Head-Sports Fitness and Health Dr. Jordan Moon; La Quita [...]

Academy President Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (center) meets with members of the WLO Board of Directors (from left to right) Mr. Jack Agrios from Alberta, Canada, Secretary General Dr. Chris Edginton from the University of Northern Iowa, Chairman of the Board Mr. Derek Casey from Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and Dr. Ricardo Uvinha from Sao Paul, [...]

Rafael Nadal Dominating wins in major tournaments earned Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal and American golfer Cristie Kerr the United States Sports Academy’s June Male and Female Athlete of the Month honors. Nadal, the world’s No. 1 men’s tennis player, won his fifth French Open in six years and won every match at Roland Garros [...]

A new agreement reached on 30 June will allow more of Alabama’s junior college and community college students to have easy access to the United States Sports Academy’s upper-division Bachelor’s degree program. The Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (AAICU) coordinated the development of a system-wide agreement with the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education [...]

The paintings of Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki, the 2002 American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) Sport Artist of the Year, are being featured in a month-long exhibition in Florence, Italy. The exhibition is in honor of the FIFA World Cup. The exhibit, which opened on 11 June at the Frascione Arte Gallery and will run until [...]