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June 15, 2001
OXFORD, Ohio -- David Graham, an academic coordinator at Miami University, has been selected to participate in the 2001-02 NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males. The list also includes Bowling Green State University's assistant athletic director for academic affairs, Darren Hamilton, and Robert Collins, associate athletic director at Northern Illinois. These three will participate in four sessions over the next year as the inaugural class in the NCAA's latest professional development initiative.
The first professional-development session -- Leadership and Administration -- will be conducted June 29-July 1 at the NCAA Conference Center in Indianapolis. Three subsequent sessions on Human Resource Management (November 2-4), Finance and Fund-Raising (February 8-10, 2002) and Booster, Public and Media Relations (June 28-30, 2002) also will be held in Indianapolis. A week-long workshop is scheduled for August 5-9, 2002, and will focus on the practical implications of the workshop areas through review and discussion of case studies.
Graham, Hamilton and Collins account for three of the 29 individuals selected to attend.
"David is interested in becoming an athletics administrator and we at Miami are pleased that we can assist in his development. First, in his role as an academic advisor at Miami University for our student-athletes, and, secondly, by providing funds and release time for him to attend the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males," said Miami Athletics Director Joel Maturi.
This fall, Graham, a 1992 graduate of Savannah State University, will begin his fourth year at Miami.