Week 3

On wednesday we all did some more deliveries together. Mr. Tymann sent us out to deliver some brochures to a few Christian schools including Covenant and another Christian academy. It was a pretty fun experience and we did get lost a couple times. In Lowell there were two streets that had the same exact name so that threw us off our route for a little while. When we returned to Gordon we saw the groundskeeper Cory out on the baseball field beginning to prep the field. We tried to sneak into the back door without him seeing us but apparently he still did! We weren't real excited about setting up the baseball field when we already knew that there was like a seventy percent chance that the game would be rained out anyways. But sure enough we were out there in the cold raking the entire infield. They wanted us to smooth out the clumps of dirt that had been forming over the past couple games. Cory told us that we had to do it manually with the rakes because he did not know where the guy with the tractor was. Well the tractor showed up and smoothed out the whole thing in about 5 minutes. So it did the same thing in about 5 minutes that took us almost an hour. Needless to say I was a bit peeved. Thats life I guess.

First Day After Vaca

Today was our first day back after vacation. We actually volunteered for a couple days last week because they needed some help to set up for their track meet. That was kind of a hassle. We mostly just set up the hurdles for the races, which is really inconvenient and annoying. Those things are heavier than you would think. I did not get to stick around for the actual races because I had to go to my REAL job but I was told that it went well. Which means we did a good job I guess. But getting back into the actual flow of things was good today. Previously we had helped him create a list of schools that the Gordon Athletic Department should send brochures to. Today Garin, Sam, and I had to call up each and every one of these schools. It was definitely a new experience. At first it was tough to figure out what to say. I did stumble over my words a couple times, but eventually I got it together and felt more confident about what I was doing. We had to talk to the secretary at each school and ask if we needed the approval of the superintendent in order to send brochures to the school. At most of them we did, while others just allowed us bring them over. Mr. Tymann sent Garin and I out to deliver a lot of them to different schools. It was fun but it did take a while.

Second Week

It's starting to feel as if Jon Tymann and the other members of the Gordon Athletic Department aren't really sure what to do with us. Mr. Tymann has said that he is trying to think of some long term projects that we could work on for him. I made sure to mention how much I enjoyed the marketing and advertising aspect of what we had done so far. He agreed that it would be valuable to use us in that way, because we are the age group that they are trying to target through recruiting. We can give him invaluable advice on how to create a web site/clothing that appeals to high school seniors trying to choose a college (from an athletics standpoint anyways). We've already given him some pointers on how to improve the Gordon College Athletic Department web site. We showed him how they can make better use of space. Basically their web site is too simple. It does have the needed information but it's not really grabbing anyones attention. On top of that, we threw together some potential designs for new shirts, sweatshirts, and hats. That stuff was pretty fun and I hope we can continue to do more with that.

a new chapter in the epic tale that is jake browns life. SCORE

I have now gone through four days of my internship at the Gordon College Athletic Department. Our first day there Jon Tymann (the athletic director) gave us a tour of all the athletic facilities. I should mention that "us" refers to Sam Christopher, Garin Sweet, and myself. After the tour we worked with the groundskeeper whose name is Cory. He showed us how to line the softball and baseball fields, and set them up in other ways for the games. He also brought us up to the turf field where we did a little trash pick-up and just cleaned in general. On friday and monday we got to do some work in the training room, like filling up water jugs and bottles and then driving them out to the various fields. But as Mr. Tymann promised we did get to do some more serious office type work. Today he asked us to compare the Gordon College Athletics web site and that of Endicott College. He asked us to write down what we liked and didn't like, and suggestions to make it better. Another project he wants us to work on is possibly designing a new logo, as well as various other clothing items, because everything in the book store is pretty bland looking. But it has been exciting so far and I look forward to pursuing these projects.