2017 Academic Symposium

 
 
               
Symposium Wrap Up
The first American Athletic Conference Academic Consortium Symposium was held March 23-24 at the Hilton at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was  hosted by Temple University.

American Athletic Conference Academic Consortium Program

Schedule
Thursday, March 23
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Session 1: Student-Athlete Mental Health
Best Practices and Current Research
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   Session 2: Leadership Development & Student-Athletes
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Session 3: Rest and Recovery
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Session 4: Critical Issues in Well-Being
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

Friday, March 24
7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Session 5: Student-Athlete Development
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Session 6: Traumatic Brain Injury
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.  Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Session 7: Nutrition, Eating Disorders & Body Image
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Session 8: Psychosocial Issues of Sport Participation
12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Keynote and Lunch

*All meetings will be in the Discovery Room and the Welcome Reception and Lunch will be in the Admiral’s Quarters