Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine.
It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry.
In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of campus recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to the Campus Rec Mastermind Groups, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest George Brown, the assistant vice provost and the director of University Recreation and Wellness at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
As they chat, Brown shares how he found his way from Trinity University to Minnesota where he resides today. Through the years he’s learned the impact of campus rec is more profound than the campus community itself.
Brown also shares on the tornado that hit in 2011 while he was at Alabama and campus rec’s role in shifting to serve the community by becoming a shelter. He dives into how his team has bought into the purpose-driven experience. Finally, Brown shares the things he thinks aspiring assistant directors who want to get to the director level need to know.
If you’re wondering what’s next for Brown, and how humility is the key, tune into the conversation below.
Shows Notes from the Conversation with George Brown
- Who was the person most instrumental in Brown’s ascent into the field? Find out at 2:30.
- The foundation for any level of impact starts with this at 7:08.
- Listen at 8:45 to hear how the tornado in 2011 shaped campus rec at Alabama.
- How the impact of campus rec is more profound than the campus community at 14:07.
- Why did Brown leave Alabama and pursue Minnesota? Listen at 15:52.
- Thoughts on health and well-being as a right at 20:03.
- At 23:12 Brown shares the most interesting move in his career.
- What Brown thinks hasn’t changed and what he thinks has at 27:16.
- How the campus rec team at Minnesota has bought into the purpose-driven experience at 32:06.
- Brown’s thoughts on the belief that there is a certain timeline of progression in the campus rec career path at 35:46.
- The things Brown thinks aspiring assistant directors who want to get to the director level need to know at 39:52.
- How humility is key at 42:39.
- What is next for Brown? Find out at 43:16.
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