Alumni profile, Columbia | Felicia Ganthier, director of operations, community relations, WWE
Felicia Ganthier is director of operations at the WWE and a graduate of Columbia's MS Sports Management
Alumni profile, Ohio | Emilio Collins, chief business officer, Excel Sports Management
Emilio Collins graduated Ohio University with a Masters in Sports Administration in 1996, and this year was named as the recipient of the department’s Charles R. Higgins Distinguished Alumni Award for 2020.
Alumni profile, UMass | Burke Magnus, executive vice-president, programming acquisitions and scheduling, ESPN
Burke Magnus graduated from UMass’s MBA/MS in Sport Management in 1994 and joined ESPN in 2008, taking up his current role in 2015.
#1 – Ohio’s Master of Sports Administration course reclaims top spot
The Master of Sports Administration degree at Ohio University tops our list for the seventh time in nine years.
# 3 – The Fifa Master at The International Centre for Sport Studies
The Fifa Master is Europe's best postgraduate sport management degree.
Alumni profile, CIES | Pierre Ducrey, Olympic Games operations director at the IOC
Pierre Ducrey was part of the third intake of students on the CIES Fifa Master, which he graduated with distinction in 2003. He was appointed as Olympic Games operations director in March 2020, having joined the International Olympic Committee as an intern shortly after finishing his Masters degree.
Alumni profile, AISTS | Thayssa Plum, senior media relations manager at Fifa
Thayssa Plum took the Master of Advanced Studies in Sports Administration and Technology at AISTS in 2011, and is now senior media relations manager at Fifa.
AISTS’s research project helps students bridge gap between academia and industry
Magali Louis, head of research and eduction, and Claude Stricker, executive director, discuss how the postgraduate research projects at AISTS are developed and the real-world industry impact they have had.
Alumni profile, Brunel University London | Dr Razan Baker, Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Dr Razan Baker graduated from Brunel University London with a PhD in sports sciences in 2014 and was appointed director of international communication at the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee in 2020.
Partnerships help universities bridge the gap between academia and industry
As the ties between universities and sports organisations grow closer and educational institutes continue to look for new ways to strengthen their connections to industry, SportBusiness takes a look at…