Welcome
Cohort 33 and 12S!
Cohort 33 and 12S!
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Cohort 33 and 12S into the University of San Francisco Sport Management program. Many who come from different backgrounds and different parts of the world have moved to California to be a part of this unique and reputable program.
Both cohorts started the course with their own orientation dinner where new students were able to meet their classmates, other current students, faculty members and alumni from the program. The new students were able to get a better idea of what to expect in class and ask questions about internships from the panel of current students and also start making connections with the alumni that attended the orientation dinner.
Cohort 33 from the Northern California campus was able to meet and greet with alumni Bobby Baska, Community Relations Assistant for the San Francisco Giants, Christine Wilson, Event Manager for the Northern California Special Olympics, Lenli Corbett, Compliance Manager for the University of San Francisco Athletics, and a few others while Cohort 12S from the Southern California campus met with DeSha Runnels, Assistant Athletic Director at USC, Mariella Trombetta, Assistant Director at UCLA Athletics and Cassie Zebisch, Sr. Communications Coordinator at AEG.
All the alums had the opportunity to stand up and share their experiences and words of wisdom with the new cohort as well as offer a helping hand into the sports industry. “Work hard and don’t be shy to contact other students and alumni who work in the area you want to head in,” advised Lenli “When I first moved here I was nervous to talk to other alumni but when I finally did they were so nice and helpful."
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A panel of current students from the Northern California campus, including Raymond Tioseco, Ticket Sales Representative for the Golden State Warriors, Leilani Wagner, Athletic Director of a local high school in San Francisco, Michelle Gong from Cohort 32 and a panel from the Southern California campus, including Todd Brewer, Olympic Organizing Committee Intern and Nate Bautista, Volunteer Coordinator Intern for MLB All-Star Game, also attended orientation to help answer any questions the new cohort had.
“How do I balance school and internships at the same time?” and “What are some of the struggles you experienced?” were some of the questions the new students had. The panels strongly expressed that everyone’s experience through the program will be unique as students start to follow their own path and that everyone gets out of it what they put in. “It was hard for me to juggle multiple internships and school at the same time but I was open and honest with all my supervisors and they were able to work with my schedule,” said Michelle. “If you work hard you will be rewarded,” added Leilani.
With all the support and help provided by current students, alumni and faculty members at the University of San Francisco, I have no doubt that Cohorts 33 and 12S will be very successful in their ventures.
