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LSU Sport Management PhD Virtual Open House - October 4

  • 1.  LSU Sport Management PhD Virtual Open House - October 4

    Posted 25 days ago
    Dear Colleagues, 
    Please forward this information to those master's students or other individuals you believe to be talented or interested in earning a Sport Management Ph.D. and securing a graduate assistantship. I am personally interested in recruiting a student who wants to study employee and career-related experiences related to the sport industry. If you know of a student who might be interested, please have the contact me. Additionally, if they cannot make the virtual open house, have them contact me and I can set up a meeting to touch base. 
    Please note that our program is housed in the School of Kinesiology, although we have had recent graduates obtain jobs in sport management programs in various business schools. 
    The Sport Management program at the Louisiana State University (LSU) is offering a Virtual Open House on October 4th (see Zoom link below). 
    Schedule
    10:00am- Welcome and schedule overview
    10:10am- Prospective student introductions
    10:30am- Meet the faculty/Current PhD student introductions and backgrounds
    11:00am- Program Overview - curriculum, sport management career prospects, and more
    11:30am- Open discussion
    We are currently anticipating 2 to 4 new graduate assistantship openings for doctoral students for Fall 2025 with the possibility that some could start in Spring 2025 as well. These Sport Management graduate assistantships carry a competitive monthly stipend of $23,000 over 9 months and a full tuition waiver. Additional financial incentives/bonuses at $16,000 or more are potentially available for applicants with an outstanding GRE or GMAT score, high cumulative GPA, and/or from under-served populations. We encourage your students to ask about these as well!
    It should also be noted that several past applicants and doctoral students with LSU Sport Management received university-level fellowships prior to admission and/or been offered university-level dissertation fellowships to complete their coursework. Further, we can guarantee other benefits within a start-up package. For instance, we guarantee at least $1,000 annually for travel to conferences and would like to note many students secured up $2,000 annually. Next, Graduate Assistants have their own group dedicated office space in the newly renovated Huey P. Long Field House. Moreover, as part of a potential start-up package they gain access to updated technology (e.g., computers) and software to complete their studies.
    In exchange for these benefits, graduate assistants at LSU will be expected to teach 2 lecture classes each semester within our B.S. program in Sport Administration, giving each graduate of LSU real and ample teaching experience as lead instructor prior to hitting the job market. Lastly, we want to note that all former doctoral graduates of our program were successful in receiving tenure-track appointments as their initial job opportunity. Furthermore, our past doctoral graduates secured multiple peer-reviewed publications and presentations prior to graduation.   
    The deadline for a Fall graduate assistantship at LSU is March 15, 2025; however, we are looking to cultivate relationships with prospective applicants immediately not only through our Virtual Open House but also other correspondence potential students may wish to initiate.  
    To facilitate a positive recruiting experience, students interested in our PhD opportunity and graduate assistantships at LSU are encouraged to contact individual faculty members regarding their research fit as a potential advisor, especially if they cannot make our Virtual Open House
    Finally, thank you for your time and consideration to forward this information to prospective students and to those students contemplating such an opportunity. If you or any students have any additional questions, I am happy to take those. Below my signature is the Zoom meeting information. 

    Have a nice day.
    Sincerely,  
    Mike
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    J. Michael Martinez, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, 
    Sport Management
    Director of Online Programs, School of Kinesiology
    Louisiana State University
    2126 Huey P. Long Field House
    Baton Rouge, LA 70803
    225-578-8638
    Fax: 225-578-3680
    Co-Editor, Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics

    Topic: LSU PhD Sport Management Virtual Open House
    Time: Oct 4, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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    Michael Martinez
    Louisiana State U.
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