Guests 

Dr. Andrea Buenano, University of Miami 

Dr. Stacy Warner, East Carolina University 

Highlights: 

• MEGA events are cultural, organizational, operational, problem-solving, and experiential learning opportunities! 
• Studying student learning in internships and other high impact practices takes careful consideration of equity, access, learning, and community, collaboration, and IRB approval!  Plan ahead. 
• Students are ready for the challenge, and are well supported to have faculty mentors who come alongside and model professionalism and support for one another along the way 
• Students will surprise us with the depth of their learning. They will build their own relationships and create the next generation of professionals 
• Deep leaning comes from the collective campus ecosystem of experiential learning, where students get the benefit of faculty expertise, staff logistical support, and professional mentoring. 

Sport Management Education Journal article: https://thescholarship.ecu.edu/items/74dd07b7-726b-4e04-b942-77170f1780c1/full 

Happenstance Learning Theory: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1069072708328861 

Challenge & Support/Nevitt Sanford: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-10217-006