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August 2012

Prof. Alison Doherty and colleague awarded at 2012 Academy of Management Meeting 

A paper by Prof. Alison Doherty and colleague Dr. Graham Cuskelly (Griffith University, Australia) was selected for the Best Paper Proceedings at the 2012 Academy of Management Meeting held in Boston, MA.

The paper, entitled "Organizational capacity and anticipated growth in nonprofit voluntary community sport organizations" was rated in the top 10% of conference papers.

Details about the 2012 Academy of Management meeting are available here.

June 2012

Dr. P. Chelladurai awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Western 

Dr. Packianathan Chelladurai, Western Professor Emeritus, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Western at the Spring 2012 Convocation.

The citation was read by Dr. Karen Danylchuk and "Chella" was hooded by Dr. Alison Doherty. 

Read more here.

May 2012

Prof. Alison Doherty awarded Dr. Earle F. Zeigler and Dr. Garth Paton awards at 2012 NASSM 

Professor Alison Doherty was honoured at the 2012 North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) conference in Seattle with the Dr. Earle F. Zeigler Lecture Award and the Dr. Garth Paton Distinguished Service Award. Read more on her accomplishments here.

Details on the 2012 NASSM Conference held from May 22 - 26 at Seattle, WA are available here.

April 2012

Prof. Alison Doherty is a visiting lecturer at the Norwegian School of Sport Studies 

Professor Alison Doherty travelled to Oslo, Norway as a visiting lecturer at the Norwegian School of Sport Studies.