The Cortland Sport Management Department is an academic department at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland. The department features the only undergraduate and graduate sport management degree programs in the SUNY system. Cortland Sport Management, which has a focus on information technology, digital media in sport, and the internationalization of sport, and prepares students for careers in sport business through a theory-to-practice model of learning. The department houses the Sport Media and Technology Learning Center and the Dartfish USA Northeast Training Center. The student-run Cortland Sport Management Club is one of the largest student organizations on campus.
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Faculty
Notable faculty who have been a part of the Cortland Sport Management department:
Current faculty
Former faculty
Cortland Sport Management Club
The sport management club at the State University of New York College at Cortland, whose members are sport management majors and minors, is the largest student-run club on campus. Supported by the Cortland Student Government Association, the Cortland Sport Management Club provides students with opportunities to work at and run sports-related events, travel on educational field trips to sports venues and gain industry experience with their peers.
The Cortland Sport Management Club runs the sport management department's three major events each academic year: the Wingate Memorial Golf Tournament in September, the Annual Sport Management Conference and the Annual Sport Management Awards Ceremony in April. The club also designs and sells merchandise related to the annual Cortaca Jug football game, a matchup between Cortland and Ithaca College that was referred to by Sports Illustrated as the "Biggest Little Game in the Country." The Cortaca Jug T-shirt sales proceeds go to the Dolores "Dee" Bogard Scholarship.
Club members have traveled to New York, Buffalo, Toronto, Syracuse, Philadelphia and Cooperstown for behind-the-scenes tours of sport facilities. The Club Officers are elected by the students each year, and the organization holds open meetings on campus each week. The club goes on educational outings to stadiums and sports landmarks such as:
Club Officers for 2006
Club Officers for 2008
Club Officers for 2009
Club Officers for 2010
Club Officers for 2011
Club Officers for 2012
Awards Ceremony
The club annually holds an awards ceremony to recognize student achievement. Each year, a keynote speaker addresses the crowd. Past speakers include:
Walk A Thon
2008 was the first year of the Cortland Sport Management Club Walk A Thon. The Walk A Thon was a success raiding over $2,000 for the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. For more information on the 2009 Walk A Thon see club website.
Cortaca Jug T-Shirt Sales
The Cortland Sport Management Club is the only organization that owns the sole rights and trademarks to the Cortaca Jug name and symbols. That being said one of the Club's major fundraisers every year is the sale of the OFFICIAL Cortaca Jug T-shirts For more information on Cortaca Jug T-shirt Sales see club website.
Conference
The club periodically hosts a conference focusing on a key sports business topic. Past conferences include:
Lose the Shoes
The club held the first ever SUNY Cortland "Lose the Shoes" soccer tournament in 2009 to benefit Grassroots Soccer, an organization created by Survivor Winner Ethan Zohn to spread AIDS awareness in Africa. The annual event draws students from several other school and raises thousands of dollars each year for charity.
Wingate Golf Tournament
For the last 20 years, the club has hosted the Suzanne Wingate Memorial Golf Tournament. The tournament is named after former SUNY Cortland professor Dr. Suzanne Wingate. Wingate, who was an avid golfer, is credited with founding the college’s Sport Management program and worked there from 1985 until her death from cancer in 1995. While proceeds from the tournament had benefitted the Suzanne Wingate Memorial Scholarship Fund for 15 years, the Scholarship has recently become endowed. Tournament profits are now donated to local youth organizations in need within the community, with the recipient varying each year.