Kentucky Wesleyan College was recently awarded an Ethnic Minorities and Women’s Internship Grant. The grants are designed to enhance ethnic minority and gender representation in intercollegiate athletics administration and assistant coaching positions.
“For example, ethnic minority females, typically underrepresented, comprise less than 7% of the population of athletics professionals at member institutions in all three divisions (of the National Collegiate Athletic Association),” according to a release from KWC. “The grant opportunity was created to provide member institutions with financial support to increase diversity in athletic departments while giving amateur administrators and coaches needed experience.”
The grant funds a full-time, entry-level athletics administrative position for one academic year. It also provides exposure to strategic planning; budget management; fundraising; campus and NCAA compliance; sport oversight; student-athlete welfare issues and initiatives; academics; diversity and inclusion initiatives; and staff oversight/management.
Kentucky Wesleyan is now accepting applications for a Compliance and Student-Athlete Development Coordinator, a full-time position that is funded by the grant for 10 to 12 months.
