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Stephen E. Buchan—Associate Director

Diane Higgs—Manager of Student Affairs

Carri Cook— G.A., LT 21

Eunice Park — G.A., LT 22

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TIME TO ROC! On August 7th we welcomed a new wave of students

and said goodbye to another graduating cohort at the

Reception-Colloquium-Orientation also known as the

ROC. The graduates of Learning Team 20 were

congratulated on their accomplishments over the past 18

months, while the new Learning Team 23 was

introduced to the program.

Outstanding Capstones were presented by LT 20 stu-

dents Evan Brennan and David Klein. Evan Brennan's

presentation was focused toward developing the profes-

sional football agent business, and David Klein ad-

dressed interscholastic sport stakeholder support. Sa-

mantha Rossi, who was unable to attend, also received

the honor of Outstanding Capstone. Her project

researched the motives and constraints that affect

student basketball attendance at small colleges. LT 20

student Chris Wilson concluded the evening with a

heart-warming speech encapsulating their 18-month

experience while passing along advice for the incoming

LT.

As for the incoming LT 23, the ROC was their first “dose”

of the program, beginning with the orientation, which

included guidance from Program Director Dr. Sharon

Guthrie, Associate Director Steve Buchan, Manager of

Student Affairs Diane Higgs, Internship Coordinator

Charles Harris, and Advisory Committee Chair Bill

Shumard.

Congratulations LT 20!

IN THIS ISSUE

The “ROC” P.1

Internship Roundtable P.2

GPSM Instructor at the Olympics P.2

Alumni Updates and New Jobs P.3

Our Students in the BIZ P.3

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07 Developing Leaders in the Business of Sport

LT 20: Evan Brennan, Joseph Carlucci, John Daller, Mouris Danial, Melissa Dykema,

Bryan Hergenroether, Jeffrey Kim, Ka e Kimose, David Klein, Stephanie Krogius,

Ciara Lawrence, Karrin Moldrem, Sean Pellerian, Steven Pershing, Chris Pope, Adam

Pereyra, Samantha Rossi, Bill Steele, Yahvoh To meh, Tim Tre s, Derek Walsh,

Gilbert Washington, Kristen Welch, Christopher Wilson.

LT 23: David Baier, Ashley Benne , Cody Brown, Ma hew Carlin, Garrick Chafee,

Aubrey Freckman, Terrance Grout, Kelsie Hendrix, Jacqulyn Herkins, Jenny Higgs,

Jessika Hornsby, George Howell, Casey Hull, James Janosz, Ma hey Larkin, Caitlin

Ledoux, Steven Lucero, Jennifer McElroy, Abbey McNamara, Jessica Miller, Jocelyn

Neely, Nicholas Opitz, Munachiso Osisioma, Jonathan Palmer, Logan Po er, Nikki

Riley, Zach S ffel, Sarah Valen , Veronica Velazquez, Derek Wa s, Aiyana Welsh,

Ma hew Willens, Mary Wilson, Chris an Young, Michael Zweig.

Welcome LT 23!

LT 21 gave their instructor Rich Foster an

excused absence for missing a few KIN 511

Legal and Ethical Issues in Sport classes.

After all the Olympics only come around

every 4 years.

Rich Foster is not only one of the GPSM

instructors and Advisory Committee

Members, he is also an attorney, practicing

in Long Beach, California. Rich’s specialty

is Sport Law and has been heavily involved

in the aquatic sports. He is the former Pres-

ident of United States Water Polo,

former President of United States Aquatic

Sports, former member of the United States

Olympic Committee, and is the current

Vice-Chair of the FINA Water Polo

Committee. Rich is also the author of Mark

Spitz: The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic

Champion, and represents many famous

Olympians. Recently, Rich has been repre-

senting 18 Olympians in the legal case Spitz

v. Samsung.

Being the Vice-Chair of the FINA Water Polo

Committee Games, Rich spent most of his

time at the Aquatics Centre and the Water

Polo Arena, which was the first dedicated

Water Polo venue to be built for an

Olympic Games.

Rich is now back in the U.S and will be a

panelist at the UCLA Sports Law

Federation Lunchtime Series on August

30th, where he will be discussing this

year’s Games, as well as some

hot-button issues related to the legal and

business side of the Olympics.

If you want to hear more about Rich’s

experience at the Olympics check out his

interview with Gazettes Sports HERE!

LT 23 ROUNDTABLELT 23 ROUNDTABLE

LT 20 AWARDS

Outstanding Student

Kaitlin Kimose

4.0 Award

Joseph Carlucci

Mouris Danial

Melissa Dykema

Kaitlin Kimose

David Klein

Stephanie Krogius

Samantha Rossi

Tim Tre s

110% Award

Tim Tre s

Bill Shumard’s

Beach Pride Award

David Klein

Outstanding Capstones

Evan Brennan

David Klein

Samantha Rossi

GPSM Adjunct Professor

at the 2012 Summer

Olympic Games!

Thank you to the organiza ons who a ended the LT 23 Roundtable!

AEG ESPN X‐Games Special Olympics Tiger Woods Founda on

Cartan Global Kinane Events Surfing America UC Irvine Athle cs

LBSU Athle cs Rose Bowl Opera ng Company Steinberg Sports & Entertainment

Just one week after the ROC,

students from LT 23 attended

the Internship Roundtable.

Students spent the evening

networking with professionals

from 11 different organiza-

tions within the Southern

California area. The Internship

Roundtable is also one of the

many ways our alumni stay

connected with the GPSM

program. Alumni currently

working in the sport industry

are invited as recruiters to help

our new students land

internships with their company.

Organizations such as Special

Olympics Southern California,

ESPN X-Games, and LBSU

Athletics have a history of

recruiting our Sport Manage-

ment students and have

remained closely connected with

the program through our alumni.

Throughout the night students

were able to exchange business

cards and develop relationships

with sport industry professionals

in hopes to land their dream

internship.

Business Ar cle Picks This month’s ar cle pick is brought to you by the GPSM Associate Director and Manager of Business Affairs Steve Buchan. This ar cle features ways that sport management students and execu ves can manage their workload and get what needs to be done efficiently and effec vely. Click HERE to read more and enjoy!

CSULB has once again

been named “Best in

the West” by the

Princeton Review!

CSULB is one of the 75

“Best Value” colleges,

affordable to virtually

anyone and in‐tune

with student’s real

needs.

Brandon Thomsen from LT 9, has been featured in the Journal of the Central

College Community for his success as the marketing manager with Lucky

Strike Entertainment. The article also mentions the Graduate Program in

Sport Management at CSULB and how it helped him get to where he is today.

Keep up the great work Brandon! To read Brandon’s article click here.

New Jobs! Erica Metzler (LT 15) gets new editor position with Time Warner Sports Network based in El Segundo.

Sean Pellerin (LT 20) is hired full time by Score Sports as the Inside Sales rep for the Northwest states.

Ciara Lawrence (LT 19) is the new Head Field Hockey Coach and Assistant Sports Information Director at Becker College.

Ara Leo Messerlian (LT 8) accepts position as the Sponsorship Sales Manager with On Board Experiential Marketing.

Melissa Dykema (LT 20) received offer for Compliance Assistant at Cal State Fullerton.

STUDENTS IN THE BIZ

Mario Herrera (LT 21, second from right) organized the 2012

Kick It For A Cause Soccer tour‐

nament to raise funds for the Downtown Women’s Center in

Winnetka, CA. The event raised

$1,300.00 for the center which serves thousands of homeless

women in Los Angeles.

Brad Freeman, Jus n Luthey, Kelly Hancock, Ta ana Clark from LT 21 and Sean Hogoboom of LT

22 all working the PAC 12 Football Media Day Jennifer Chow (LT 21) and Todd Greenbaum (LT 22) have become the newest members of the Long Beach State Athle cs staff. As Marke ng Assistants, they will be in charge of all marke ng du es for Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Men's Volleyball, and So ball.

Jus n Luthey (LT 21) recently was promoted to Dir. of Football Opera ons and Defensive Line Coach at Occidental College.

Ali Mitchell (LT 21) accepts posi on with the Los Angeles Clippers as Execu ve Assistant.

Upcoming Sport Management Events

SPRING 2013 Applica on Deadline — October 15th

Join us for our Webinar Online Informa on Sessions on the

following dates:

9‐05‐12 11‐07‐12 12‐05‐12

AVP Cincinna Open—Sept. 1‐3

AVP Championships, Santa

Barbara—Sep. 7‐9

Los Angeles Sports and Entertain‐

ment Career Fair—Sep. 18

Disney Half Marathon Weekend—

Sep. 1‐3

Arielle Moyal (LT 22) works for Lakers Na on as a

news aggregate and editorial writer. She is also doing

preliminary data‐basing and website assistance for

Fitnesscenter.com and MIT Fitness USA.

Alumni Updates and New Jobs