The Power Of Academic Services With Coastal Carolina’s Alise Svihla & Jacqueline Nicholson

Summary

• - We have a unique situation here: you went to school together, undergrad; graduated on the same day. You both work in athletics and came up through academic services. Tell me about the support you get from this unique relationship.
• - What about you Alise?
• - You talk about academics and serving student-athletes; I imagine that takes a passion for student-athletes. It’s not just a job for both of you. Talk to me Jackie about rising through the ranks to now being an athletic director for three years. Tell me about that aspect of keeping that passion throughout the years.
• - Alise, talk about the stops you’ve had in your career. The focus has always been academics and student services. Where does that passion for what you do come from?
• - What is your evaluation or decision-making process when you decide which job is going to be the next job?
• - When you left Athletics and worked on campus and then had the opportunity to come back... were you looking to get back into Athletics?
• - You're now in a Director role - tell me about that leadership aspect.
• - You think that transparency and vulnerability is something you've picked up over these last few years?
• - Jackie, tell us about the decisions to make changes throughout your career journey and how you evaluated opportunities.
• - What were one or two big takeaways from your time running everything at Albany State and becoming the interim AD that you still use now?
• - What's the secret sauce? How do you manage people?
• - What's the secret sauce to managing time?
• - Your passion is working with athletes and now you have more of a separation from them as you sit in the big chair. What happens to that passion?
• - What advice would you give someone wanting to do what you've done for the past 20 years - helping student-athletes be successful through the lens of academics?