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From the desk of Cindy Potter - The Fan show
Cindy pays tribute to CoSIDA Hall of Famer Lawrence Fan of San José State, who passed away unexpectedly on February 21.
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Setting a new vision for CoSIDA's future
CoSIDA partners with Joe Bosack & Co. to pursue a new association name and logo.
Announced Feb. 23, the CoSIDA Executive Board of Directors has unanimously voted to partner with Bosack & Co. to explore a refreshed brand identity for the national association, including pursuing a new association name and logo. This rebranding strategy reflects both the evolution of the organization as well as its vision for the the future.
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An "Angel Within"
North Carolina A&T's Brian Holloway has full gratitude for his kidney donor after receiving his second transplant September 29, 2021. Every year, more than 100,000 people in the USA are awaiting a kidney transplant.
Click to read and see Brian's appearance on the "Today Show"
NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH
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Be like Lynn
Bridgewater College director of athletic media relations Lynn Walsh demonstrated calm and caring in the face of tragedy, uplifting the athletics department and the community.
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March motivation: Form healthier habits, even during cross-over seasons
In the ever-changing and demanding communications world, college athletic communications professionals dedicate tremendous time every day, morning until evening, week after week when their teams are in season. It can be a mentally, emotionally, and an even physically demanding schedule. As a result, it's important that we all prepare in advance and develop techniques and strategies that will allow us to maintain a work-life balance, eat well, and stay healthy.
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For more conversation about health & well-being, join the #health-wellbeing CoSIDA Slack channel.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year for David Worlock and Rick Nixon
Since 2006, Worlock and Nixon have served as media coordinators for the two highest profile NCAA tournaments in college basketball: Worlock for the men's tournament and Nixon for the women's tournament.
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| Advocate • Connect • Educate • Honor • Support |
CoSIDA updates its Code of Ethics
Executive Director Doug Vance provides a "friendly reminder" about our ethical obligations as members of CoSIDA and encourages all members to review the recently updated CoSIDA Code of Ethics, and practice the standards it lays out.
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DEI Fellowship Class off and running
CoSIDA's partnership with the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has resulted in a program to help educate members on diversity and inclusion issues within college sports and the athletics communications profession.
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The intentional and inspirational journey of Dr. Calvin Johnson
One would be hard pressed to find a more worthwhile or unforeseen journey than the one Dr. Calvin Johnson has taken throughout his life. Johnson's lifelong excursion took him from an 11-acre farm in Muskegon, Mich., to Dartmouth College of the Ivy League, and on to one of the worlds' most renowned medical centers as Professor of Anesthesiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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| #CoSIDA22 Convention |
See who's coming to #CoSIDA22 in Las Vegas, June 26-29
More than 100 institutions, conference offices and other organizations have already registered for #CoSIDA22! See the list
Get the best rates by registering for the convention at the early-bird rate by April 8. Rooms are still available in the CoSIDA Mandalay Bay and Delano block.
The 2022 CoSIDA and NACDA & Affiliates Conventions mark the first time ever that all attendees will be onsite at the same time.
Check CoSIDA.com/2022convention regularly for the latest information as sessions, speakers, awards presentations and plans for social events are finalized.
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Congrats to our 2022 Special Awards winners!
CoSIDA announced its class of 2022 Special Awards winners, headlined by the Hall of Fame class of Mark Brand, Joe Hernandez, Gina Lehe, Lenny Reich, Steve Roe and Bob Smith, Feb. 21-25. Those announcements, details about our #CoSIDA22 awards ceremonies and upcoming honoree features can be found at CoSIDA.com/2022SpecialAwards — and are also linked off the convention home page.
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ACTION! Update your profile
As we introduce the All-In membership model for 2022-23, new demographic information has been added to your profile in CoSIDA.com. Please take two minutes to log in and update your personal profile at this link. The more we know about our members, the better able we are to serve you.
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Publications & Digital Design Contest entries now being accepted - Third-round submissions due March 15
This year, there are three contest period deadlines with the final one on March 15. Carefully check which contests have which deadlines.
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2022 ChangeMaker Innovation Award entries open
The second year of nominations for the CoSIDA ChangeMaker Innovation Awards is upon us! The online portal at CoSIDA.com/awards is open and will close on Friday, April 8, 2022.
The ChangeMaker award recognizes excellence in content which represents out-of-the-box or cutting edge thinking, promotion, implementation and engagement, especially as we continue to navigate a complex and changing college athletic environment. The contest is open to any individual or team of college athletics communications professionals and creatives from across an organization, and must include at least one current CoSIDA member who was integral to the project.
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CoSIDA Title IX 50th Anniversary Celebration — "My Title IX Story"
Along with hundreds of organizations and groups, CoSIDA will be celebrating and honoring to 50th anniversary of Title IX this year, throughout 2022. The date of June 23, 2022, will mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. This historic law is arguably one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in America's history prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in all programs or activities in all federally funded educational institutions.
Stay tuned for CoSIDA's celebration of Title IX — called "My Title IX Story" — with feature stories, videos, blogs, a social media campaign (#CoSIDATitleIX), plus a session on Title IX at the 2022 CoSIDA Convention in Las Vegas.
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Academic All-America® winter and spring announcement release schedule
The Academic All-America Core Committee recently approved a new release schedule for All-America teams which will begin with the basketball announcements. All divisions for a sport will now be announced at the same time. All men's basketball teams in all NCAA and NAIA divisions will be released at Noon (ET) on Tuesday, March 15, followed by all women's basketball teams on Wednesday, March 16. A similar model will be followed for remaining spring sports.
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| The SID Life |
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Each one of this month’s contributors to SID Life was an early registrant for the June #CoSIDA22 Convention. What’s their best advice for colleagues during the crossover season? Their favorite road trip with a team? Where would they take off to on a college spring break trip if they could? Who’s special talent is being a speedster in the grocery store and who is an ace at Skeeball? Click to read
Want to see who else is coming to #CoSIDA22? Click here
Featuring:
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Amy Barry
Suffolk
Sports Information Director
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Byron Devers
Antelope Valley College
Sports Information Director
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Kevin Gilmore
Cal State Monterey Bay
Assistant AD, Communications
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Karra Logan
Georgia
Assistant Sports Communications Director
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