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WSU
students are Olympics-bound
By
Julie Rausch
Six
WSU sport administration students will work at the XIX Olympic Winter
Games in Salt Lake City Feb. 8-24.
Students
Jenny Caulk, Angie Elliott, Matt Brokaw, Jason Fulgham, Gavin Gehrt
and Tennile Matzek will work at the Utah Olympic Park venue, which
will feature bobsleigh, luge, skeleton, ski jumping and Nordic combined
events.
A sport
administration degree prepares students for managerial, marketing,
communications and other careers within the sports industry.
"This
is the kind of opportunity that doesn’t roll around too often,"
says Clay Stoldt, assistant professor, sport administration. "Our
students will have the opportunity to work alongside some really
talented people with the Salt Lake organizing committee, and they’ll
work at perhaps the busiest venue at the games."
In
addition to their duties at the Olympics, the students will be required
to document their work activities in a journal, which will be submitted
weekly by fax or e-mail to faculty at WSU. Upon returning, the students
will collaborate to develop a multimedia presentation documenting
their experiences for presentation.
The
students will stay with WSU alumni living in or near Salt Lake City.
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