Fun Internship
Sport and Recreation Management senior, Dana Fitzpatrick from Grand Rapids, completed her internship this summer as the merchandise intern with the Traverse City Beach Bums. The Bums played 48 home games this season in the Frontier League. Dana spent her summer at the Wuerfel Park, home of the Bums, where she stocked the store, kept inventory, supervised game day staff, updated the store's website and many other responsibilities. Her administrative project was creating a catalog for the gift shop along with posting all new pictures of the merchandise on the website. Dana said, "I worked side-by-side with the Director of Merchandise, Scott McDowell, and learned the ins and outs of the merchandise department for a baseball team. I was also lucky to work with the promotions department a little and saw what they did with the on-field contest. It was a great internship and I loved living in Traverse City for the summer. It was a blast! The people at the Beach Bums were great, the staff was a lot of fun and they made work fun and exciting but still challenged us to strive to the next level. I worked long hours, learned a lot and loved it!
Hobbies
The World Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation is an organization where bodybuilders and fitness models compete all around Canada to promote health and fitness in a rapidly growing industry. The WBFF recently held its World Championships in Toronto, Canada and 19 different countries were represented. Ryan Gridzak, a sophmore Exercise Science student at LSSU, competed in the Male Fitness Model category. The Fitness Model category stresses fitness, physique, and health. Ryan was the youngest competitor ever at the WBFF and he held his own amongst the top fitness models in the world. Ryan used his knowledge of Exercise Science to train for the event, cutting down to 4.2% bodyfat and weighing in at 145 lbs. Ryan says, "This organization really knows how to treat their athletes. Everyone should compete at least once in their lives, it's a real rush when you're on stage." Ryan plans to compete in next year's event. He says he wants to increase his muscle mass by 10 pounds prior to the event. With his understanding of Exercise Science and his level of commitment, we have no doubt that he will reach his goals!
Ryan Gridzak, Exercise Science student, (second from left) competes
in the Male Fitness Model category of the WBFF in Toronto, Canada
Russell Bruce Scholarship Recipient
Heather Hemming, Exercise Science major, was awarded the 2009-2010 Russell Bruce Scholarship recipient by the Department of Recreation Studies and Exercise Science. Pictured below are Debra McPherson, Department Chair, Dr. Russell Bruce, and Heather Hemming.
Department of Recreation Studies and
Exercise Science
Graduate Luncheon
Athletic Training
Graduates Kristi Morman,
Michael Shampo, Andy
Mendina and Matt McLeod
with Joe Susi, Instructor
and Nicola Gray, Clinical Instructor
Outstanding Athletic
Training Graduates
Kristi Morman and
Michael Shampo
Exercise Science Graduates
Kathleen Scott, Nathan Nichols,
Andrew Deshambo,
and Jaclyn Armstrong with Instructor Jody Susi
Outstanding Exercise
Science Graduates
Jaclyn Armstrong and
Kathleen Scott
Parks and Recreation
Graduates
Jamie Elliott, Dana
Skytta, Ryan Root, Ben Andrews, Eric Buttil,
Justin Bomers and
Aubree Lashbrook
with Natural Resource
Technology Instructor Dennis Merkel and Parks and Recreation
Instructor Sally Childs
Outstanding Parks
and Recreation Graduate
and
Outstanding Recreation
Club Member
Jamie Elliott
Sport and Recreation
Management Graduates Heather Howard, Dana
Fitzpatrick, Matthew Merian and Carrie Haselhuhn with Instructor Debra
McPherson
Outstanding Sport
and Recreation Management Graduate Heather Howard |
