Kinesiology alumnus Charles Campisi (Ph.D., 2013) is an assistant professor of sport management at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH, a suburb of Cleveland. And while the Cleveland Brown’s FirstEnergy stadium has yet to host a Super Bowl, for the past four years Dr. Campisi has given a group of lucky undergraduates the unforgettable experience of working behind the scenes at the NFL’s biggest Game Day of the year.

Dr. Campisi has taken about 30 students each year to Super Bowls in New Orleans, East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Glendale, Arizona. This year they will go to Santa Clara, CA for Super Bowl 50. Students take a class, History of the Super Bowl, where they learn about the organizational support and planning required for major sports events, then apply their new skills to events and activities during the four days leading up to the Super Bowl and on game day.

Read more about Dr. Campisi’s unique experiences for undergraduates here. His doctoral adviser was Lisa Kihl, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Kinesiology.