Veteran communications and marketing director Eric Mann was recently promoted to Dean of Marketing, Communications, and Enrollment at the United States Sports Academy (USSA). Eric Mann, Dean of Marketing, Communications, and Enrollment Mann has worked in the communications department at USSA for more than six years, including the last five years as director of communications and marketing. In his new role, Mann adds supervision of the enrollment and admissions staff and website to his work leading the Academy’s marketing, public relations, and alumni affairs efforts. He also oversees the institution’s graduation, homecoming and Awards of Sport events. Prior to joining the USSA staff in 2016, Mann spent a decade working in the newspaper industry in Alabama. He worked for two years as an investigative journalist for Lagniappe Weekly [...]

The Board approved the re-election of Board members Ms. Joan Cronan, Dr. T.J. Rosandich, and Mr. Jack Scharr whose terms were expiring, those on the Executive Committee, and the corporate officers, who are: Dr. T.J. Rosandich, President and CEO until replaced), Mr. Randy Smith, Treasurer, and Dr. Nick Niccolai, Secretary as well ratifying actions of the Executive Committee over the course of the past year. Also, seated as new members of the Board were Mr. Vincent Butta and Mr. Randy Smith. There was one resignation tendered by Mr. Phil Cusa.

As the United States Sports Academy continues our move forward in providing you with the best learning environment possible; there will be a slight change in the way that you will register for the upcoming Spring 2023 term in January. Registration will begin December 5, 2022, and during the week of December 5-9, you will be emailing your registration information directly to our registrar at registrar@yihong-sh.com Please provide the following information with the subject line stated below. Subject: Spring 2023 Registration Email Body: Full Name and Student ID number Course Name(s), Number(s), and Life Track(L1,2, or 3)/Fast Track (F1,2, or 3) Example: Joe Smith , Student ID number: 111111 BIO 202 L1 Spring 2023 Thank you again for your patience and cooperation. Sincerely, The United States Sports Academy

Greetings! As the United States Sports Academy continues to move forward with our integration with Campus Café, we want to make you aware of the new free email address provider that we will be using, Microsoft 365. We will be providing you with more details soon concerning the change and what this means for you. Below you will find some information about 365 that you may or may not know. 365 is a personal information manager software system from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Though primarily an email client, 365 also includes such functions as calendaring, task managing, contact managing, note-taking, journal logging and web browsing. Individuals can use 365 as a stand-alone application; and Microsoft has released apps for most mobile platforms, including iOS [...]

Greetings! Microsoft Azure The United States Sports Academy will be using a Single Sign-On (SSO) cloud platform as part of our Campus Café integration called Microsoft Azure. Below you will find some information about Azure. What is Microsoft Azure? Formerly known as Windows Azure, Microsoft Azure is a public cloud computing platform that provides a range of cloud services for computing, storing, and networking. Depending upon your requirements, you can manage and store data. The Benefits of using Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure is used for its enhanced flexibility, integrated delivery pipeline, security, disaster recovery, and speed of service. The platform is cost-efficient and is majorly used by various IT companies for its improved infrastructure. How does Azure work? Azure is a huge collection of networking hardware and servers that run [...]

Greetings all Students, Faculty, and Staff, Soon you will be learning more about changes to the technology used at the United States Sports Academy. The Academy will be implementing a new student information system and a new multifactor authentication system. These two systems will provide more information to you about your program and protect your student data. In addition, we will be moving to Microsoft Office 365 for document sharing and storage and all students, faculty, and staff will be provided free accounts as we will be moving away from the use of Google docs. Please direct any questions you may have about the changes to Deans. Dr. Pacetti-Donelson and Dr. Spradley welcome any opportunity to speak with you. Sincerely, The United States Sports Academy

The United States Sports Academy is celebrating Constitution Day 2022 by making available a free online course on the United States Constitution.The course is available is available here.Constitution Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. It is normally observed on 17 September, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia, Pa. This year’s celebration is on Friday, 16 September 2022.The Academy’s free online Constitution Course is designed to help students better understand and appreciate the Constitution and its role in America’s success as a nation.