2020-21 Snell-Shillingford Application
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LANCASTER, Pa. -- The Centennial Conference is accepting applications for the virtual 2020-21 Snell-Shillingford Symposium, a weekend affair where female undergraduate students have the opportunity to attend seminars on various topics related to leadership and careers in college athletics and network with industry leaders. The symposium will be a virtual experience and will take place from January 9 through January 10, 2021.
Applications for the Snell-Shillingford Symposium open Monday, November 23, 2020, and will be accepted through Monday, December 14, 2020, apply here.
About
The Snell-Shillingford Symposium was started in 1999 by then-Bryn Mawr College athletic director Jen Shillingford to encourage women undergraduates to enter the field of coaching. Female athlete representatives and coaches from member schools, including Bryn Mawr, Dickinson, Franklin and Marshall, Gettysburg, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, McDaniel, Muhlenberg, Swarthmore, Ursinus, and Washington College, converge to participate in sessions designed to empower women in the coaching profession and to encourage them to take up the legacy of those who have gone before them.
History
The symposium honors the contributions and commitment of two of the most influential women in the coaching profession, Eleanor Frost Snell and Jen Shillingford. Miss Snell, as she was known to her students, served Ursinus College as a professor of health and physical education, coach, and head of the women’s physical education department for four decades, from 1931 to 1971. In keeping with the program’s emphasis on mentoring and passing on the education of coaches from one generation to the next, the symposium also bears the name of Snell’s student and mentee, Jen Shillingford, who served as a field hockey coach and athletic director for over 20 years at Bryn Mawr and president of the United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA).
Who is eligible?
Female undergraduate students on each Centennial Conference campus. We are looking for those who have a serious interest in pursuing a career as a coach, athletic administrator, sports information director, or any other sports-related career.
For updates on speakers, schedules, and other resources on the Snell-Shillingford Symposium, visit www.centennial.org or follow @CentConf on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
"'I HAVE A DREAM' I hope that some day every Division III Conference will offer a similar symposium. We know that the Centennial Conference has had over 50% of their symposium participants enter the field of women's athletics. Therefore if we play the "numbers game", the possibility exists for the development of over 200 new women coaches in Division III. This would go a long way toward closing the gender gap." -Jen Shillingford