Crews Center For Entrepreneurship
The Crews Center's partnership with Memphis Athletics allows student-athletes the opportunity to lean into the NIL era by participating workshops and programming designed to help individuals cultivate their entrepreneur mindset through innovation and opportunity recognition.
The Crews Center exists to inspire, educate, develop, and support both aspiring and active student entrepreneurs as they pursue their dreams. The Crews Center fervently believes that every student benefits from having and exercising an entrepreneurial mindset, which is a key element of the 21st Century skill set.
Whether you just want to give yourself a competitive advantage with employers by learning the entrepreneurial mindset or you want to start or grow your own business, the Crews Center for Entrepreneurship is here to help you achieve your professional goals and dreams.
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law partnership with the Memphis Athletics allows student-athletes the opportunity to obtain legal assistance to help navigate NIL, including contract advisement, image licensing, and intellectual property rights, among other things.
The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law has a faculty committed to providing students with the knowledge and practical skills to succeed that also seeks, through its writing and activity, to influence law, policy, and legal institutions. The strong, vibrant and growing experiential learning program takes advantage of the law school's location to produce graduates with skills the profession demands. As a result, a NIL specific group has formed to allow law students and student-athletes alike to benefit from the change in legislation.
Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality + Resort Management
The diverse curriculums of Sport and Leisure Management and Sport Commerce develop students with the skills essential to enter careers in marketing, management, facility and event operations, and other administrative positions in a constantly evolving sport and leisure marketplace. With diverse experience and expertise, the sport management faculty focus on connecting academic knowledge with practical application to help students prepare for the sport and leisure industry.
Students have the flexibility to take courses on campus or online while getting field experience through numerous opportunities in the Memphis area. Graduates have secured employment with teams, facilities, events, collegiate athletic departments, governing bodies, corporate sport marketing departments, sport marketing agencies, and community recreation organizations.