Interview with Dr. Kevin Marbury

I used an interview my group did from last semester in PR class for my interview with Dr. Kevin Marbury, the Director of Recreational Sports at ODU. He made some changes to this interview and gave me some new information. First of all, it’s exciting that the facility is really opening in March. If you have noticed, the rec sports department has been putting out emails every week informing the ODU community of what’s happening and what going to happen with new rec facility. I told Dr. Marbury that I thought these emails were effective. He said that they will be coming with more frequency soon. I would love to see some events promoting it around campus! If you want to see the whole interview, I will email it to you, but here are a few key points that you may not have known.
The project started out as only renovations to the existing building, but after evaluation, they decided to just redo the whole thing except for the pool. The project was originally supposed to start around 2002 and last 24 months, however there was a budget crisis in Virginia so it was put off until the government was more stable and could afford to give ODU funding for the renovations.
The Recreational Sports Department is made up of five program areas: Open Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Programs, Intramural Programs Outdoor Adventure Programs, Sport Club Programs, and Employment Opportunities. More about the interview later…