{"id":100087,"date":"2019-10-22T14:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=100087"},"modified":"2019-10-22T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T19:44:32","slug":"nchc-establishes-student-athlete-well-being-task-force-will-deal-with-social-issues-situations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2019\/10\/22\/nchc-establishes-student-athlete-well-being-task-force-will-deal-with-social-issues-situations\/","title":{"rendered":"NCHC establishes student-athlete well-being task force, will deal with social issues, situations"},"content":{"rendered":"
The NCHC announced Tuesday that it has established a student-athlete well-being task force, which “has added or revised policy and created new educational opportunities to be implemented during the 2019-20 season,” according to a news release.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes on the first day of the NCAA\u2019s second-annual week-long diversity and inclusion social media campaign.<\/p>\n
The task force is for student-athletes to become better informed and enlightened on topics such as sportsmanship and conduct, diversity and inclusion, sexual assault, mental health and more. Initiatives include updating the conference\u2019s policies and procedures and student-athlete code of conduct, as well as establishing educational programming and requirements for the NCHC schools and the conference office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe general well-being of our student-athletes in today\u2019s world of college athletics and campus life is of utmost importance,\u201d NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton said in a statement. \u201cWe believe the work produced by this task force now and into the future can better support the needs and challenges faced by student-athletes across the NCHC.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group consists of two athletic directors (Colorado College\u2019s Lesley Irvine and St. Cloud State\u2019s Heather Weems), two coaches (North Dakota head coach Brad Berry and Colorado College assistant Leon Hayward), two faculty athletics representatives (Western Michigan\u2019s Lisa DeChano-Cook and Miami\u2019s Ron Scott), and a president\/chancellor designee (St. Cloud State\u2019s Judith Siminoe).<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is to foster an environment across the conference that underscores and supports the value of every student athlete, administrator, staff member or coach on our campuses and throughout the conference. We believe and embrace the notion that diversity and inclusion improve the learning environment for all student-athletes and enhances excellence within the Conference,\u201d added Scott. \u201cAs we move forward, we will work to promote, establish, and maintain an inclusive environment and culture, built on the pillars of sportsmanship for athletes, administrators and coaches that provides the best opportunity to participate in and experience fully the sport of hockey.”<\/p>\n
The task force will remain together and hold calls to discuss other topics, such as sexual assault and mental health, in the future, establishing initiatives to assist in each of those areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NCHC announced Tuesday that it has established a student-athlete well-being task force, which “has added or revised policy and created new educational opportunities to be implemented during the 2019-20 season,” according to a news release. The announcement comes on the first day of the NCAA\u2019s second-annual week-long diversity and inclusion social media campaign. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":100088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n