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Why We Give - One Day for Iowa 2021

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Learn more about the University of Iowa Sport and Recreation Management program's One Day for Iowa 2021 fundraising initiative.
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Joining the Journey to Unity

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
UISRM is committed to join and contribute to UI’s journey to unity. At the beginning of 2020, the program created a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee who ensured that topics surrounding DEI were prominent in the 2020 UISRM Symposium's live and recorded sessions.
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Dancing for a cause

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Each February, UI students dance for 24 hours to raise money in support of UIHC pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant patients and their families.
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Calling an audible to serve

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Originally a Tippie College of Business student, Michael Burke quickly called an audible on his academic pursuits to double major in Sport and Recreation Management (SRM) and Journalism and Mass Communications (JMC).
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Serving as 'Caddie' for Cedar Rapids youth

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
The Kids on Course field experience was designed by instructor Kara Kehe to extend opportunities for service learning to a sizable group of young professionals aspiring to work in school-based sport.

Adapt and Grow

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Learn more about University of Iowa sport and recreation management students' experiences with the 2020 Guided Field Experience practicums.
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Dr. Hunnicutt publishes 'The Age of Experiences'

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
As Leisure Studies departments at universities around the world have evolved, so has Dr. Benjamin Hunnicutt and his interests. The byproduct of Dr. Hunnicutt’s professional transformation is his recently published book, "The Age of Experiences; Harnessing Happiness to Build a New Economy."
Hannah Conlisk, Guest Services Intern at Daytona International Speedway.

Daytona practicum puts Iowa marketers in pole position

A new practicum course allows University of Iowa students to work with NASCAR and Fox Sports executives, getting hands-on marketing experience while pitching Daytona 500 promotional campaigns.