WACO, Texas, July 7 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * 2025 Convention Recap | Jeff McMartin, Central College | Seek The System * The 2024 season marked Jeff McMartin's 21 st season leading the Central College program after taking the reins in 2004. Coach McMartin returned to his alma mater after spending time on staff at DePauw, Beloit College, Rochester, Illinois Wesleyan, Wake Forest, and Oskaloosa High School (IA). Coach McMar  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, July 12 -- Bellarmine University issued the following news: * * * Bellarmine receives $250,000 grant for education in character and leadership Bellarmine University received a prestigious 2025 Educating Character Initiative (ECI) Institutional Impact Grant for $250,000 from the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. One of only 33 universities selected out of 170 applicants nationwide for this competitive honor, Bellarmine will use the three-year  more

LYNCHBURG, Virginia, July 10 -- The University of Lynchburg issued the following news: * * * Recent grad presents para athlete concussion research at national sports medicine conference * In his sophomore year at the University of Lynchburg, Alex Derstine '25, a biology-biomedical science major and goalie for the men's soccer team, met with Dr. Tom Bowman, a professor of athletic training. He told Bowman he wanted to research concussion care, specifically as it related to athletes with disa  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 10 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente to serve as chair of ACC Board of Directors * The Atlantic Coast Conference and its Board of Directors have announced that Wake Forest University President Susan R. Wente will become Chair of the ACC Board of Directors beginning July 1. President Wente has served as Vice-Chair of the Board since February 2024 and was first named to the Conference's Executiv  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 11 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Wake Forest's Educating Character Initiative announces $15.6M in new grants to 33 institutions * Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc. and Wake Forest University, the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) has awarded $15.6 million in new Institutional Impact Grants to 28 projects among 33 colleges and universities. Each of these institutions seeks to undertake a substantial and sustained   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 10 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Wake Forest's Educating Character Initiative to expand its nationwide network promoting character education with $30M in new funding * Wake Forest University's Educating Character Initiative (ECI) will expand its support for character education at colleges and universities across the country with more than $30 million in new funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The ECI has built a community of ed  more