While at Central Washington University (http://www.cwu.edu), besides having the time of my life, I had the opportunity to work in the athletic department organizing half time entertainment, game day promotions, and recruiting new corporate partners.
With an absentee athletic director, and no budget for promotional goods, I had to devise creative ways to lure in more attendees to games. I worked with our title corporate partner, Coca-Cola to obtain items to hand out to fans before games and put on non-game day promotions and giveaways.
I also worked with a full-time staff member to create and execute half time entertainment during games, which ranged from musical/dance group performances to fan competitions (sponsored) and informational presentations.
Some of my favorite memories from college come from coaching 5th and 6th grade boys and girls intramural basketball. I coached the girls team in the spring and boys in the fall-- I love coaching more than I love basketball, but it provided a way for me to get involved with the community and earn a little money at the same time.
I originally entered college to become an English teacher, because that's what my Dad did and how he got in to his profession now--so I assumed it was the right path for me to take too. Well, times have changed, and so did my mind after a few English classes--but I stuck with it, and was determined not to let countless hours of writing papers and analyzing poetry go to waste, so I took English as a minor (a 40-credit minor--most minors are 25-30 credits).
I decided to enter the school of business--but of course I had to do it the hard way. Having been accepted into the Seattle Mariners internship programing for the next summer, and knowing that I wanted to work in sports, I decided to ask the board of directors of the university if I could design my own major--sports management and marketing.
I wrote a 6 page paper on why I should be awarded this opportunity, obtained letters of reccommendation from some higher-ups and put my class list together along with professor signatures. I was rewarded for my hard work by being allowed to pursue this degree. And so it was.
