TULSA, Okla. – Representatives from the American Athletic Conference and its 13 member institutions gathered for the third annual Academic Consortium Symposium on March 28-30. The symposium, held on The University of Tulsa’s campus, brought together scholars, practitioners and student-athletes engaged in multidisciplinary research related to student-athlete well-being, with a special emphasis on student-athlete mental health.
President Dr. Gerald P. Clancy and Faculty Athletics Representative Christopher Anderson from The University of Tulsa served as the event’s facilitators.
Jessica Wagner, assistant director of prevention and health promotion for the NCAA and one of the Symposium’s keynote speakers, noted why mental health should be a key focus for the membership.