Hello I'm Nina Cash and welcome to
NewsLink on this segment we're going to
be highlighting the sport management
master's degree program offered at Long
Beach State University will also be
spotlighting some of the special
features and professional benefits of
earning this graduate degree most
important things that we believe fort
management program offers here on campus
is the full student learning options so
not only do we learn about facilities
and business management and ethics and
law and Finance but we also learn about
leadership and what really goes into the
full student package
my name is Megan McMurtry I work for the
Los Angeles chargers and I'm the guest
services manager so I'm on the team that
handles all of our season ticket member
accounts and servicing those guests
throughout the year well my job is to
work with the NFL corporate partners and
work on their exhibits and their
activations at events like the Super
Bowl experience my core responsibilities
are handling activation for a handful of
our corporate partnership accounts so I
learned about that program while I was
still in undergrad at Long Beach State I
met a lot of current students in the
sport management program and they told
me a lot of really good things about it
I was in a position where I was working
and needed to continue to work and this
program was super flexible and worked
around those types of hours it was
pretty cost effective so compared to
some of the competitive schools in the
area it was a great price and then third
was just the extended network from the
advisory board to the faculty to the
students so I think that when students
are entering the program it's really
important that they keep an open mind
and not narrow themselves to you know
working for the NBA or working for their
favorite MLB team or working for their
alma mater you know there's so many
different areas in sports that they can
work in I had a background in marketing
so I thought I wanted to do something in
sports and potentially marketing but
really had no idea so coming into the
program
through all the faculty they had helped
me get some unique internships kind of
find out what I liked what I didn't like
and then once I found out what I did
like they helped me expand my network
into that field make solid connections
get some good experience and then
ultimately I made to my first job we
have over 300 different affiliates with
sports teams to nonprofits to
universities to marketing we have these
relationships and these connections
which are so key to having the students
meet and ultimately connect to get hired
for their job the internship experience
as part of the program is really
beneficial I think it's one of the main
takeaways from the program for me
especially I did stuff with the Clippers
and the Oakland Raiders and both of
those were in corporate partnerships
here we have very experienced faculty
members that are in the sport management
industry that have many years experience
that work with Olympic athletes that
work as executives at these professional
stadiums and universities and as
athletic directors but they also can
share that other experience about what
what does it take to get hired my
favorite class was the finance class
with mr. Roundtree it was great the
project we did was around a college
football bowl game and that incorporated
a lot of things I use in today's job we
pride ourselves in knowing that we are
always available whether it be phone
text message internet face-to-face that
our students never feel like they can't
get ahold of us once you join our
program you become part of the family
and that's really important that every
student feels like we're going to be
there with them every step of the way
during the program I actually received a
full-time job working for ESPN and
worked on the X Games for three years
three words to describe this program or
engaging challenging and rewarding fun
informative and beneficial passionate as
everyone I met was passionate about
sports and I felt passionate and then
also inspiring you know it just our
professors and learning about all these
different careers in the sport industry
just really makes you feel inspired that
you can do so many things the most
memorable experience in the
for me was the end of the program right
around the time of my capstone I was
presenting the capstone I was wrapping
up the program I was also working on the
X Games Los Angeles event the same
weekend and at the end of the event they
offered me a full-time job so it was
super exciting and just icing on the
cake for you know ending the program and
it all came full circle if you want to
reach your career goals then stop
sitting on the sidelines and get in the
game with a master's degree program in
Sport Management from Long Beach State
University thanks for watching this
segment of newsLink I'm Nina cash we'll
see you next time
