Bridging the gap between science and application
Call to Action (cont.) Resources
Call for Board of
Directors Applicants/
Nominations
Deadline: Completed forms
must be postmarked by
December 15, 2004.
Two Board Member-At-Large positions
will be open in 2005. To be eligible, you
must be a current member of the NSCA,
a CSCS® or NSCA-CPT®, and hold a
Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an
accredited institution. The Nominating
Committee will select two candidates for
each position to run in the 2005 Board of
Director election.
As a member of the Board of Directors,
you will take an active role in the leadership of the NSCA. You will be required to
attend both the National Conference in
July and the Sport-Specific Training
Conference in January.
For job description and nomination/
application, contact Cheryl Thompson at
[email protected] or call 800-8156826.
Submit all required materials on
disk and as hardcopy to:
NSCA Nominating Committee Liaison
(Con?dential)
1885 Bob Johnson Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
• Current vitae or resume
• Essay of 250 words or less indicating
why you want to serve on the Board
of Directors
• Recent black/white “head shot”
Please answer the following
questions:
1. How has the NSCA in?uenced your
career?
2. Why are you quali?ed to serve on the
NSCA Board of Directors?
3. If elected, in what direction do you
see the NSCA going over the next
three years?
Listing of NSCA involvement
to include:
• Attendance at National Conference
• Presentations given at National
Conference
• Committee service
• NSCA publication involvement
(Strength and Conditioning Journal,
Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Research, Position Papers, etc.)
• Clinics hosted
• Previous Board/Council service for
NSCA and/or NSCA Certi?cation
Commission
Listing of professional activities
for organizations other than the
NSCA, such as:
• Presentations at conferences or clinics
• Publications—reviewed and
non-reviewed
• Public awareness regarding the value
of the strength and conditioning ?eld
and related professions
• Leadership and/or administrative
experience
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Call our Membership Department for more details
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Awards
The NSCA Awards Program is made up of a
total of 20 awards that recognize individuals who
have attained outstanding levels of achievement
within a speci?c area of focus. Nine of these
awards require nominations be provided by NSCA
members. The deadline for award nominations is
December 15.
NSCA All-American Strength and
Conditioning Athlete
(Sponsored by Power Systems)
High School Strength and Conditioning
Professional of the Year
(Sponsored by Power Systems)
Personal Trainer of the Year
(Sponsored by Power Systems)
College Strength and Conditioning
Professional of the Year
(Sponsored by Power Systems)
Educator of the Year
Sports Medicine/Rehabilitation
Professional of the Year
Student Researcher of the Year
Deadline: 5pm MST, March 1
(Sponsored by GNC)
Outstanding Sport Scientist of the Year
(Sponsored by GNC)
Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year
(Sponsored by GNC)
For further information call 800-815-6826,
email [email protected], or visit our web site at
www.nsca-lift.org/awards to nominate online.
Scholarships and Grants
The NSCA ?nancially supports higher education
of students pursuing a career in the strength and
conditioning ?eld and facilitates and disseminates
strength and conditioning research. The NSCA
supports the Graduate Research Grant, the
Undergraduate Research Grant, the Challenge
Scholarship, the High School Scholarship, the
Women’s Scholarship, the Minority Scholarship,
the GNC Nutritional Research Grant, and the
Power Systems Professional Scholarship. We
awarded over $38,000 in 2003.
Complete information about each award, and
application details, can be found on the NSCA
web site at