There will also be the opportunity to assist the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance with the implementation and supervision of all Division III compliance initiatives in accordance with policies set forth by the NCAA, the Liberty League and RPI, including the enhancement of the department's Compliance Manual as well as other publications. He/she will have the chance to u

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The Division III Ethnic Minority and Women's Internship Grant is restricted to candidates who are female and/or from a racial/ethnic minority as described by Federal Guidelines of the Office of Management and Budget.

TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Athletics Department has received a grant from the NCAA to fund a two-year internship that will focus primarily on compliance, athletic communications and special events for the Institute's 23 intercollegiate varsity programs. This NCAA Division III Ethnic Minority and Women's Internship Grant Program will run from 2013 to 2015. Rensselaer is a multidivisional institution that competes in the Liberty League for its 21 Division III athletic programs, and ECAC Hockey for the two Division I programs.The person hired to this position will gain experience as a member of the department's senior leadership team, allowing him/her to attend weekly briefings, monthly staff and head coaches meetings, an occasional Dean's & Director's meeting, which is administered by the Vice President of Student Life, bi-annual Liberty League meetings and various NCAA events, such as Regional Rules Seminars or the Annual Convention.Among the responsibilities of the person hired are to provide support to the Athletic Communications staff with new media coordination, website maintenance, writing, desktop publishing, conducting coach and student-athlete pre- and post-game interviews and assisting with media relations in a market that has five local television stations and three daily newspapers, all of which cover Rensselaer Athletics consistently.tilize the NCAA's numerous online applications, such as LSDBi for reporting, research, interpretations and waivers.Working with, the Director of Marketing & Promotions, along with the coaching staff and other department members to secure special event sites, both on and off-campus, coordinate and arrange itineraries and track payments and revenues for various events are other responsibilities.The person hired to this position will also gain knowledge of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) by attending monthly meetings and responding to student-athlete concerns.The NCAA's goal with this grant program is to enhance diversity and inclusion efforts and to retain ethnic minorities and women within Division III athletics administrative and coaching staffs. In addition to the benefit gained by participating schools, interns receive funding for professional development, memberships to professional organizations, and other enhancement initiatives. He/She will join Ena at ainternship orientation program held by the NCAA in Indianapolis on August 1-2.