- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/sport-management/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:41:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Student-athlete looks forward to future as sports trainer, coach /news-archive/2018/07/10/brandon-brady/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:41:37 +0000 /news/?p=71071 ... Student-athlete looks forward to future as sports trainer, coach]]> Brandon Brady, who is pursuing a master鈥檚 degree in sport management at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, can鈥檛 imagine a better future than to help young student-athletes pursue their dreams.聽 completed his last year as a member of the Trojan men鈥檚 basketball team in 2018 and plans to make a career of helping high school and college student-athletes, the same way his father and coaches did for him. Being a basketball player is a matter of family pride for the Bradys. His father, Dexter Brady Sr., has coached basketball for more than two decades. His older brother, D.J., attended school at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and was a high school basketball standout in Dallas, Texas, while his younger sister, Morgan, plays basketball at the University of Tulsa. Brady鈥檚 older brother, Jeremy, went a different route and played football at the University of Tulsa. 鈥淚 started playing basketball when I was 3 years old,鈥 Brady said. 鈥淚 grew up watching my brothers. Both of them were athletes, and my dad coached me all the way until I was 16. He had his own Amateur Athletic Union team, so I played for him. I traveled all around the country to compete in tournaments against the top players in the nation.鈥 He credits his family full of athletes for giving him the inspiration, drive, and support to pursue his passion for basketball. 鈥淚鈥檇 just like to say my family has been a great part of my success. That great foundation has made me spread my wings,鈥 Brady said. 鈥淢y brothers give me that competitive drive, and I try to follow in their footsteps. My biggest mentor is my dad. He has made sure that we were smart, took care of our grades, and got a good education. I asked him for a lot of advice on life and on the basketball court.鈥 Having played basketball on his high school teams at Red Oak High School in Texas and Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Brady played basketball at Eastern Oklahoma State College as a freshman and Lyon College in Batesville as a sophomore. Brady had always dreamed of playing Division I basketball in college. In 2015, he made the decision to transfer to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and earned his place as a Trojan as a walk-on member of the team.聽 鈥淚 transferred to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock because all my family is here, and it was close to home,鈥 Brady said. 鈥淚 could be closer to my parents, and I wanted to play at the Division I level. I wanted to push myself. I first played at junior college level then at the NAIA level , but I wanted to see if I could play with the top players in the country at Division I level, so I came to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock.鈥 As a student-athlete, Brady鈥檚 best moments come from bonding with his teammates and coaches while traveling around the country. There is one moment that stands out as the most memorable of his time as a student-athlete. He served as the Trojans student manager during the 2015-16 season, when the team made it all the way to March Madness. 鈥淢y most memorable experience was when Coach Beard was here, and we won a record 30 games and went to the March Madness tournament,鈥 he said. 鈥淎t the Sun Belt Conference tournament, we won the whole game and it was great excitement when they displayed our name for the March Madness. We went to Denver and played against Purdue. That was the best experience I had.鈥
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He also enjoyed being active in the community. Basketball team members often volunteered at Arkansas Children鈥檚 Hospital and area schools, giving eager students game tickets as well as advice about going to college and encouraging them to listen to their teachers. Brady graduated in 2017 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice. By that time, he had already started a personal sports training business, B. Brady Skills Training, for high school and college basketball players, primarily with student-athletes from his high school alma mater, Pulaski Academy. The experience inspired him to earn his master鈥檚 degree in sport management, which he will earn in 2019, having decided that a future as a trainer and coach was in the cards. He is also looking forward to an internship with the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Athletics Department to gain more professional experience during the upcoming school year. 鈥淚 have been doing the training business for three years. I go back to my old high school, and I reach out to players and do training sessions to develop their game. I teach them things I have learned over the years to help them out,鈥 Brady said. 鈥淚 plan on working in college coaching or high school coaching and growing my skills training business. Maybe I should pick one but staying around basketball is the biggest thing.鈥 Brady said that mentors like his father and his high school coach, Roger Franks, 聽and college coaching staff over the last six years have made a positive impact on him. Little Rock, helped him develop basketball skills and a love of the game, which he wants to share with fellow student-athletes. 鈥淏asketball is a peaceful, active thing. Whenever you play, a lot of other stuff doesn鈥檛 matter,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t takes your mind off the stresses of life. It鈥檚 a beautiful game to play. Basketball teaches you life lessons. You can play basketball, and it can teach you about hard work, how to communicate, how to stay disciplined, and how to be responsible. That鈥檚 what I love about basketball.鈥]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock offers unique class choices for summer 2018 /news-archive/2018/04/09/unique-summer-classes/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:17:07 +0000 /news/?p=70091 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock offers unique class choices for summer 2018]]> Students who are on the lookout for an interesting summer class have many options recommended by the professors of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock classes offer students the chance to learn how to craft effective nonfiction stories through digital media as well as how teachers can meet the social and emotional needs of gifted and talented children. Check out the following guide for choices that explore unique topics in African politics, gangs, crimes against humanity, sports marketing, and the portrayal of the Holocaust in film. For more information about summer registration and to look up course offerings, visit聽ualr.edu/summer. ANTH 4313: Race and Human Variation Online class taught by Kathryn King July 9 to Aug. 10. The course will examine how cultural ideas about race still have a significant impact on the lives of minorities. CRJU 3311: Gangs Online class taught by Timothy Brown July 9 to Aug. 10 This course examines the historical, cross-cultural, and current state of gang involvement. CRJU 3305: Crimes Against Humanity Online class taught by Tusty ten Bensel July 9 to Aug. 10 The purpose of this course is to highlight mass murders, torture, sexual violence, ethnic cleansing, and genocidal activities that have occurred since the 20th century. The course will examine specific cases, such as the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Darfur. Students will be exposed to various aspects of wartime atrocities, weaving toward history, politics, crimes, international law, and human right discussions. In addition, students will be exposed to the psychology of the perpetrators, bystanders, and victims of genocidal events. Lastly, the international community鈥檚 response to this crime in the form of international judicial bodies will be detailed, exposing students to contemporary international criminal justice processes. FREN 2301: Reading French for Research Online class taught by Zac Hagins May 29 to July 31 This course is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students wanting to read scholarly texts in French for research purposes. Students will gain knowledge of the French language to engage with a variety of texts, with the help of a dictionary. Students will also learn to maintain the original text鈥檚 essence and integrity, an aspect of translation essential for research but that escapes the capabilities of electronic translators. Each students will work on a course project translating parts of a scholarly article or book chapter of his or her choosing, while building a lexicon related to his or her area of research. No prior knowledge of French is necessary. GATE 7363: Affective Needs of the Gifted and Talented Online class taught by Bronwyn MacFarlane May 29 to July 2 This graduate course is a study in the social and emotional needs of gifted children and is a perfect course for current and future educators. Emphasis is placed on responding to affective needs of gifted students and development of social skills through lesson planning, teaching training, and parent awareness. HHPS 2330: Intro to Sport Management Online course taught by Katie Helms July 9 to Aug. 10 This course provides students with a general overview of the various segments of the sport industry. This course will focus on the principles and theories of administration and management as they apply to sports, fitness, leisure, and recreation services. HHPS 3334: Sport Marketing Online course taught by Katie Helms July 9 to Aug. 10 This course presents an overview of the various techniques and strategies used in meeting the wants and needs of consumers in the sport industry as well as understanding how sports can be used to assist in the marketing of other companies and products. Areas to be addressed are the uniqueness of sport marketing in comparison with traditional marketing, an overview of the segments of the sport industry, the importance of market research and segmentation in identifying the right sport consumer, the use of data-based marketing in reaching the sport consumer, an overview of the marketing mix as individual units and the relationship between those units, and the development of sponsorship and endorsement packages. POLS 3301: Seminar: The Holocaust in Film Online class from July 9 to Aug. 10 by Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm This course uses film as a medium through which to better understand Nazi Germany鈥檚 attempt to exterminate Europe鈥檚 Jewish, Roma, and other minority populations. Students will read historical analyses of the politics of the Holocaust, within Germany, across Europe, and globally. In addition, the class explores how filmmakers use the tools at their disposal to depict the brutal events of the Holocaust, and how actors, screenwriters, and directors portray the complex motivations of those caught up in it. POLS 4370: Readings in Political Science: African Politics Online class taught by Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm from May 29 to July 2 In the wake of the popularity of the film 鈥淏lack Panther,鈥 there is renewed interest in understanding the political and economic development of contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. In general, post-independence Africa has failed to modernize the economy and lift sizeable portions of the population out of abject poverty. Most countries suffer from corruption and high levels of foreign debt. Dictatorships have been frequent. Ethnic and racial conflicts are comparatively common occurrences. Nonetheless, Africa also presents many exceptions to these characterizations. In this course, students will examine several explanations for these patterns, including the legacies of colonialism, characteristics of African states, the role of ethnicity and culture, and the actions of international actors. The class considers the historical evolution of African politics as well as contemporary issues such as democratization, civil war, economic development, and infectious disease. RHET 4347/5347: Topics in Nonfiction Writing: Digital Nonfiction Online class taught by Londie Martin from July 9 to Aug. 10 More than ever, daily life requires, invites, enchants, or otherwise calls people to express themselves and advocate for others through digital multimodal communications, the combination of sound, image, word, and movement. The class will consider how alphabetic text has been privileged as the primary method of creating and circulating knowledge, and students will attempt to shake up this privilege by crafting digital narratives that explore multimodality, challenge assumptions of linear storytelling, and advocate for community concerns. Join us this summer as we craft true stories, play with new media, think about how stories and communities shape each other, and make cool stuff for real audiences.  ]]>