College Sports Information Directors of America

The Fall 2018 issue of CoSIDA's quarterly magazine, CoSIDA 360, is currently available in digital and print format. CoSIDA members will be receiving the issue soon at your campus mailing address, so please check your mail!

For this issue's cover story, three brave CoSIDA members tell their personal stories of battling tough times and mental struggles ranging from a near-suicide, to difficulties with pregancies, to living halfway across the country from immediate family due to a new job. With help from these real-life testimonials and expertise from counseling and sport psychologist Megan Harrity, Ph.D., we look at how we can help ourselves navigate life's darkest days, and find compassion and help for those around us battling their own demons.

Also inside, we cover pronoun usage in the LGBTQA+ community, a solution for those frustrated with scheduling phone interviews, opportunities for SIDs on NCAA committees and we spotlight four members who are serving as volunteer first responders in their communities.

Check out all those stories and more:

• From the President's Desk with CoSIDA President Rob Knox
• Perspectives from Outside the Profession with Megan Harrity, Ph.D., Counseling and Sport Psychologist – Cultivating the Courage to Ask for Help
• Taking YOUR Mental Health Seriously with profiles on CoSIDA members Ryan Bower (Florida Southern), Katie Gwinn Hewitt (Michigan) and Mex Carey (Michigan State) – by Joe Favorito
• What's in a Word? Pronoun Usage and the LGBTQA+ Community – by Mark LaFrance (George Mason)
• NCAA Committee Appointments: Opportunities are available for SIDs to get involved. – by Scott Eddy (St. Bonaventure)
• A Q&A with New CoSIDA Partner Blinder – by Stayson Isobe (Northern Arizona)
• CoSIDA Members on the Ready in Their Communities: First Responders on the Front Lines – by Barb Kowal (CoSIDA staff)
• Five Questions with Matt Turk of Cal State Northridge
• "Holden" Down Many Jobs: Profile on Gary Holden of Ferrum College – by Will Roleson (CoSIDA staff)
• CoSIDA After Hours
• Five From Five: Continuing Education committee members weigh in on navigating crossover seasons.

You can view the digital version of the magazine's Summer issue at this link: http://cosidafall18.imgcollege.com/.

Have an idea for a future issue or interested in contributing as a writer? Contact Beau White at beauwhite@cosida.com.

About CoSIDA 360

The print and digital magazine was one of the new CoSIDA membership initiative undertaken during the 2015-16 academic year which included the January 26, 2016 launch of our CoSIDAConnect online community; the CoSIDA mentorship program; new text messaging service; and CoSIDA After Hours social program.

CoSIDA 360's aim is to celebrate telling our members' stories, to educate our members, and to advocate for the profession and its professionals. The print magazine is mailed to every current CoSIDA member and also distributed to athletic directors, conference commissioners and external CoSIDA stakeholders. A new issue of the glossy stock magazine is released each February, May, August and November.

CoSIDA Director of Creative Services Beau White serves as editor and designer of CoSIDA 360 with assistance from board member and CoSIDA secretary Jeff Hodges, North Alabama Assistant Athletic Director/Communications; and CoSIDA staff members Doug Vance, Executive Director; Will Roleson, Associate Executive Director; Barb Kowal, Director of Professional Development & External Affairs; and Laurie Bollig, Director of Membership Engagement. CoSIDA thanks IMG College for its partnership in the production and printing of CoSIDA 360.

To advertise in CoSIDA 360, contact: Don Linardi, Network Media Partners, (410) 584-1938, dlinardi@networkmediapartners.com.

View past issues of CoSIDA 360 here.

To send feedback on the magazine or any CoSIDA initiative, contact a member of the staff or email: info@cosida.com.

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