Sports: Page 155

A Conversation with Joyce Wong

Dr. Joyce Wong has been director of athletics at Eastern Connecticut State University since 1999, overseeing Division III intercollegiate sport programs such as basketball, soccer, baseball, swimming and track and field.

NCAA Committee Addresses the Issue of Pregnancy in Student-Athletes

In July, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics reviewed concerns about how female student-athletes are being treated if they become pregnant.

Professional Appointments

Dr. Mildred García has been named president of California State University-Domínguez Hills. She was most recently president of Berkeley College. García earned a bachelor’s from Bernard M. Baruch College, a master’s from New York University and a master’s and doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. Gayle Colston Barge has been appointed assistant vice chancellor […]

NCAA Taking Academic Reform Seriously

SOUTH BEND, Ind. University presidents will show how serious they are about academic reform when they decide whether the NCAA should continue to sanction schools that don’t meet classroom performance standards, NCAA President Myles Brand said Monday.

Kansas women’s team goes 3-1 on Australian exhibition trip

LAWRENCE Kan. The 400-foot climb to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge didn’t bother Danielle McCray all that much.

Dismal ’06 season has Bethune-Cookman going back to basics

DAYTONA BEACH Fla. For much of last season, Bethune-Cookman had the most prolific passing numbers in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Ex-ENMU women’s basketball coach dies

PORTALES N.M. Former Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball coach Dan Buzard died Tuesday of brain cancer. He was 39.

Florida A&M tries for glory in the shadow of Florida State

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Rubin Carter has at least one big fan in Tallahassee, someone who believes that he’s the right man to lead Florida A&M back to prominence.

Search committee debating nickname impact in presidential search

GRAND FORKS N.D. A committee looking for candidates for the next University of North Dakota president is debating the impact of the school’s Fighting Sioux nickname.

The Search Committee Handbook

Regents to consider Nevada coach contract

RENO Nev. State regents are being asked to extend the contract of University of Nevada football coach Chris Ault through June 2012.

After winless year, spirits high again at FIU

MIAMI When those preseason magazines previewing the year in college football hit newsstands, many Florida International players rushed to grab a copy.

Florida receives $6 million from UF Athletic Association

GAINESVILLE Fla. The University of Florida Athletic Association, which produced national championships in football and basketball, is donating $6 million to the university to support academic programs jeopardized by state budget cuts.

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