Girls Youth Sports
Over the last 20-plus years, student-athletes from Springfield College’s women’s athletic teams have participated in National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Girls in grades K-6 from local schools come to campus for a free multisport clinic hosted by our women’s teams. Hear from three student-athletes about why they look forward to this event and how it benefits the young girls.
As a student worker in the Department of Sport Management and Recreation, Grace Blasé ’25 has the opportunity to write for the department newsletter. She also works part-time for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as show staff.
Kaleb Knowles is enjoying his experiences so far as an undergraduate student in the Communications/Sports Journalism program. He has extended his interest and experiences in the major by participating in one of the College’s media clubs: Springfield College Television (SCTV3).
“I hold the view, popular in commentators across the political spectrum, that improving early learning is a vitally important topic at present…” John Cipora, a professor at the Springfield College campus, discusses the tension between the “seasoned but untrained” and “trained but unseasoned,” but most significantly the importance of a middle ground, with each group bringing expertise to t
The schoolyear may be underway but it's not too late to get involved! Jess Ashe ('19) offers advice on how to be active on campus.
Many Springfield College graduates go on to pursue careers where they can actively exercise the philosophy of humanics, which is why it should come as no surprise when two alumni find themselves working together.
Daryl Wright has witnessed, first-hand, the positive effects that youth development programs can have on children and our society as a whole. Wright discusses his experiences as a youth worker and the importance of leadership development.
For the last few years, Springfield College Communications/Sports Journalism (COSJ) professor Kyle Belanger has worked Radio Row at the Super Bowl. While this is a tremendous opportunity for his own freelance career, Belanger focuses on turning his own opportunities into those for his students.
The Springfield College Office of Communications recently got a chance to catch up with our own Charley Casserly (‘71, G’72), TV sportscaster and former NFL executive with the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans. Casserly has made a name for himself in the sports world and credits the lessons learned at Springfield College, as well as raw determination, for his success.
Despite first appearances and the amount of athletic gear one sees about the campus, Madison Cox, a first-year, describes how there is so much more to Springfield College than just sports, and so many ways to find people with similar interests as your own.
Gage, a senior and the editor-in-chief of the Springfield College student newspaper, speaks about his experience in sports journalism and why Springfield College was the right school at which to pursue his study.
