About Lipscomb
Sports Management Fellowship Program.
Combine superior academic studies with hands-on experience.
It’s the best of both worlds: academic excellence in an MBA education that runs simultaneously with a job in your desired field. The combination is a highly engaging, highly successful, and highly marketable educational experience.
Outstanding partners keynote your year.
Nashville is headquarters to several leading sports teams and sports-related businesses. As a Lipscomb Sports Fellow, you will have the advantage of a one-year working experience with one of these outstanding companies, in tandem with a comprehensive graduate business education.
Our nationally recruited Fellows are not interns. You will join the company ready to perform in such areas as sales, marketing, project management, promotions, event management, financial analysis, accounting and more.
For 30 hours a week, you will be in a full immersion sports industry experience as an employee. After the completion of your degree, you will not only have academic credentials that will advance your career, but you will have a full year of experience with an organization that is networked with sports industry leaders.
The Lipscomb Sports Fellowship Program is open to a select few.
While Lipscomb’s traditional MBA offers an excellent program to a range of student backgrounds and professional aspirations, the Sports Fellowship program is highly competitive among those who are committed to sports careers.
The school’s outstanding reputation in business education results in a constant flow of high-quality students who want an excellent MBA education with the added benefit of Lipscomb’s focus on developing leaders of character and integrity. Some of the best and brightest emerging leaders are choosing Lipscomb as their path to a more rewarding future.
With the 2011-2012 Sports Fellowship class, Lipscomb’s College of Business is taking its program up a notch in the sports business sector with an opportunity that will attract the attention of the next generation of sports industry leaders.A very limited number of slots will be available. But while the program will be highly competitive, we believe that keeping the opportunity limited will benefit the successful applicants with a more significant experience, an unmatched opportunity and a more valuable degree.
An employee by day. A student by night.
As a Fellow, you will take classes two nights a week. In addition to coursework, you will attend carefully selected sessions and events specific to the sports industry to ensure you are current on key trends in the industry whether they developed last year or last week.
Outside of class and study time, Fellows are expected to dedicate a 30-hour workweek to their Lipscomb Fellowship Partner. In addition to this one-of-a-kind learning experience you will receive by working for an outstanding sports franchise or sports-related business, you will also receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 for the 11 months of the program. In other words, you will get paid to learn from one of the most successful sports organizations in the country.
A rigorous course of study.
During the Lipscomb Sports Fellowship Experience, you will complete your 30-hour MBA with a concentration in sports management. The curriculum consists of the following courses:
- The Managerial Environment
- Accounting for Executives
- Financial Management and Strategy
- Strategic Management: A Global Emphasis
- Service Operations and Marketing
- Leadership Perspectives and Practices
- Sports Management
- Marketing, Fundraising and Public Relations in Sports
- Sports Law and Risk Management
- Several electives to choose from
A competitive selection process.
A selection committee, comprised of representatives of the College of Business and the Lipscomb Fellowship Partners, selects the most qualified applicants based on a written application and subsequent interview.
To be selected, a candidate must demonstrate excellence in scholastics, character and integrity, oral and written communication skills, analytical skills, campus and community service involvement, interest in the sports industry, and leadership potential.
The College of Business at Lipscomb University
The College of Business is focused - seeking to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and competencies they need to be successful in today’s global business environment.
The College of Business is value-based - students are challenged to do things right and do the right things.
The College of Business is growing -
The College of Business is innovative – offering new initiatives through the School of Executive Education that elevate skills effectively and efficiently.
The College of Business is leading – launching new initiatives such as the Lipscomb Fellowship Program, which is changing the landscape of business education.
“Earning an MBA from Lipscomb has not only helped me advance in my career, but has also opened my eyes to a new way of thinking.” Angela Durham (MBA ’03)
Important dates:
March 11 – Application deadline
April 15 – Interviews
April 25-29 – Notification of Fellows selection
May 13 – Deposit due
For application information, click here.
For more information, contact:
John R. Lowry, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Executive Education
Lipscomb University College of Business
john.lowry@lipscomb.edu
615.966.5951