A Summit on the Collegiate Athlete Experience

January 30, 2006
Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater
The Marvin Center
The George Washington University
800 21st Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20052

1) Welcome by Alberto Ibarguen and GWU President Stephen Trachtenberg
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2) Values and Choices: Issues for Athletes, including substance abuse, performance-enhancing substances, and violent behavior. Opening Remarks by Knight Commission Vice Chair Dr. Clifton R. Wharton
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3) Presentation by Frank Uryasz, President, The National Center for Drug Free Sport
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4) Opening Remarks by Kareem McKenzie, former football athlete, Pennsylvania State University and current player for the NY Giants
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5) Discussion among Knight Commission and panelists about drug-testing and performance-enhancing substances with Frank Uryasz and Kareem McKenzie
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6) Presentation by Joanne Belknap, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, University of Colorado
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7) Opening Remarks Don McPherson, Executive Director, Sports Leadership Institute, Adelphi University
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8) Opening Remarks by Jemalle Cornelius, current football athlete, University of Florida
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9) Discussion among Knight Commission and panelists about behavioral issues
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10) Recruiting: Ethics and athlete welfare during the recruiting process. Remarks by Gerald Turner
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11) Opening remarks by Myron Rolle, graduate of The Hun School, Princeton, NJ and prospective football athlete enrolled at Florida State University
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12) Opening remarks by Ruth Riley, former basketball athlete, University of Notre Dame, and current player for the WNBA’s Detroit Shock
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13) Opening remarks by Scottie Reynolds, prospective basketball athlete, Herndon High School
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14) Opening remarks by Joe Wootten, head boys’ basketball coach, Bishop O’Connell High School, Arlington, VA
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15) Opening remarks by Dan Wetzel, sports journalist, Yahoo.com, and author, Glory Road
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16) Opening remarks by Peter Roby, director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society
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17) Discussion among Knight Commission members and panelists regarding recruiting
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18) “Life On and Off the Field”, moderated by Len Elmore
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