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Who and what is CoSIDA?

• The professional organization of more than 3,000 college athletics communicators

• The second-oldest college athletics management group in the nation, founded in 1955

• Advocate for the sports information / athletics communications profession

• Provider of educational programming, including Convention and Continuing Education Series

• Nominators and voters for the prestigious Academic All-America program

More than 4,000 student-athletes are honored annually for their academic and

athletic success in the nation’s oldest athletics academic award program.

On-site registration available beginning February 1.

Convention Programming

• Keynote speaker and panels on a variety of topics relevant to SIDs, including social media, video streaming, statistics, strategic communications and more

• Divisional Day for NCAA Divisions I, II & III, NAIA and two-year/community colleges

• Social events, including annual ESPN Reception and Exhibit Hall Kickoff Reception

• Academic All-America induction ceremony• Countless networking opportunities

Continuing Education Series

• Multiple FREE conference calls and webinars throughout the year on a variety of topics

• Continuing Education Series to be presented by Capital One beginning in 2015-16

• Have a topic or idea in mind? Contact 3rd VP Rob Knox at rknox@coppin.edu

On-line Community

CoSIDA will launch a dedicated on-line community site in 2015-16 to facilitate

communication, education and information-sharing among a variety of CoSIDA groups.

Look for more information in late fall and early winter.

New CoSIDA Magazine

CoSIDA will launch a new full-color quarterly magazine in February 2016, tentatively titled

CoSIDA 360

It will be designed to:• EDUCATE our membership • PROMOTE our association

• ADVOCATE for our profession• SHARE our stories

CoSIDA Mentoring Program

• At the 2015 Convention, CoSIDA launched a new Mentoring Program

• It connects CoSIDA members who want to share their knowledge and learn from others

• More than 40 mentor pairs were connected at the Convention

• Want to be involved as a mentor or mentee? Contact 2nd VP Andy Seeley at aseeley@athletics.ucf.edu

CoSIDA After Hours

• A new way for CoSIDA to connect SIDs in your areas

• CoSIDA hosted Indianapolis-area SIDs at a downtown luncheon and Denver-area SIDs at a Colorado Rockies game last month

• Want to be a local host SID? Contact Director of Membership Engagement Laurie Bollig at lauriebollig@cosida.com

2015-16 CoSIDA Officers

President: Judy Willson, Mountain West ConferenceFirst VP: Andy Seeley, UCF

Second VP: Rob Carolla, Big 12 ConferenceThird VP: Rob Knox, Coppin State

Secretary: Jeff Hodges, North Alabama• • •

Past President: Eric McDowell, Union (N.Y.) – first Division III SID to serve as CoSIDA President

CoSIDA Staff

Executive Director: Doug Vance former SID at Austin Peay, Murray State & Kansas

– dougvance@cosida.comDirector of External Affairs: Barb Kowal

former assistant SID at Texas & Connecticut– barbkowal@cosida.com

Director of Internal Operations: Will Roleson former SID at Horizon League & Kent State

– willroleson@cosida.comDirector of Membership Engagement: Laurie Bollig

former staffer at NCAA & Premier Sports Marketing– lauriebollig@cosida.com

Joining CoSIDA

• Active memberships for campus and conference office SIDs are only $115

• A membership purchased now is good through June 2016

• May be purchased on-line at www.cosida.com

You must be an active member to nominate your student-athletes for Academic All-America honors

What can CoSIDA do for you?

Staying Connected

www.CoSIDA.com@CoSIDAnews

Academic All-America newswww.facebook.com/aaacosida