Cleveland State University is literally located in the heart of downtown Cleveland, and that creates some very unique opportunities and challenges for the team overseeing the University Recreation & Wellbeing department. Not only do they serve students and staff, their facilities are also open to the public -- so at any given moment you will see a diverse group of people in the CSU facilities: students, staff, business professionals and senior citizens. On this episode of the Neptune Now Podcast we’ll be joined by two members of the Cleveland State team: Michelle Rieger, Senior Associate Director for Programming & Operations; and Matt Schmiedl, Assistant Director for Marketing & Strategic Development.

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Nik Rule is the athletic director at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa, population just over 11 thousand people. WPU is an NAIA program, but the size of the community and the level of small school competition doesn’t stop Nik from implementing big ideas as he uses his very diverse background in communications, fund-raising, coaching, and even politics to make William Penn one of the top athletic programs in the country in every possible area.

Twitter: @WPUAthletics

Heart of America Athletic Conference: https://twitter.com/HeartSportsNews

The Business of Small College Athletics

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/business-of-small-college-athletics/?viewAsMember=true

Todd Croy has spent almost 40 years in education, including the last 30 years at Whiteland Community High School in Indiana as a teacher, a coach, and for the last decade, as the assistant athletic director at Whiteland. Over the past few months, he’s experienced the high of watching his school in the 5A state championship football game as well as the low of watching a devastating tornado rake the heart of his town, leaving some of his kids without a roof over their head. 

Todd is also partially responsible for bringing numerous peer schools in his area into the GameTime family and we appreciate him very much!

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By the time she was a 2nd grader, Dr. Angela Barton knew she wanted to become a classroom teacher. And while getting her degree in education, a college professor motivated her to eventually consider administration. She followed that path almost exactly: she became an elementary teacher, then an elementary principal, and today she serves as the Director of Curriculum and Assessment at the Canton Independent School District in Texas.

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Dietrich Baker had been a middle school Social Studies and Language Arts teacher for about a dozen years when a simple visit to his daughter’s 2nd grade class had a profound effect on him. During that visit, he was amazed at how the teacher was so effectively integrating the use of technology with her very young elementary age students. That experience prompted Dietrich to make more use of technology in his classroom, and it also set him on the path to where he is today, serving as a Technology Integration Coach at North Tapps Middle School in the state of Washington.

https://twitter.com/northtappsms

https://www.facebook.com/pages/North%20Tapps%20Middle%20School/134680339877405/

When Scott Garvis was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame earlier this year, it came as a surprise to no one who has worked with him during his nearly 20 year career. That’s because he has always focused on being a helper to other athletic directors and coaches -- no matter how busy he might have been. Although Garvis is no longer serving at a school, he’s still providing help to athletic directors and coaches all over the United States through speaking engagements and his relationship with BOUND, an innovative technology platform designed to make life easier for those involved with high school athletics.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgarvis/

https://www.facebook.com/BoundIowa

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When Clairinda Weatherwax started coaching part-time while attending Arizona State University, it was largely because she loved athletics and wanted to stay involved. But as happens to many people, she got the coaching bug -- and that led to 19 years leading teams. While coaching she wasn’t looking for a career in Athletic Administration, but a random email she received one day changed all of that; she’s now been an Athletic Director for seven years -- first in Kansas, and now in Arizona at Bradshaw Mountain High School.

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For just over a decade, Mike Hall has been serving as the Commissioner of the Southern States Athletic Conference (NAIA). The SSAC has 13 member schools and has produced dozens of national championship teams in just about every sport you can name. But prior to joining the SSAC, Hall held just about every role you could have held in college athletics: starting in 1984 he coached golf, was an academic advisor, a compliance coordinator and then eventually became an Athletic Director. And when the chance to become a college conference commissioner arose -- he jumped at it, and he’s been leading the SSAC ever since.

SCAC Facebook: https://bit.ly/3M7KKOB

SCAC Twitter: https://bit.ly/41ISInl

https://ssacsports.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCReY6aB-LwRcuTMgxmRhdHg/feed?view_as=public

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Dr. David Timbs is a well-respected educational leader who has a genuine passion for bringing all aspects of education together with technology. His 30-year career in education began as a classroom English teacher, eventually moved into administration, and then he became the Executive Director of Instructional Leadership with the Tennessee Department of Education. In 2008 he was selected as the Tennesee Supervisor of the Year, and today he serves as the Director of Secondary and Instructional Technology with Johnson City Schools. But even after three decades in education, Dr. Timbs is more excited than ever about the role technology can play for students and teachers.

https://www.facebook.com/JCityTNSchools

https://twitter.com/jcityTNschools

https://www.instagram.com/jcitytnschools/

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