Episode 14: George Brown of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine. It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry. In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of campus recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to the Campus Rec Mastermind Groups, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest George Brown, the assistant vice provost and the director of University Recreation and Wellness at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. As they chat, Brown shares how he found his way from Trinity University to Minnesota where he resides today. Through the years he’s learned the impact of campus rec is more profound than the campus community itself. Brown also shares on the tornado that hit in 2011 and campus rec’s role in shifting to serve the community by becoming a shelter. He also dives into how his team has bought into the purpose-driven experience. Finally, Brown shares the things he thinks aspiring assistant directors who want to get to the director level need to know. And if you’re wondering what’s next for Brown, and how humility is the key to it all, tune into the conversation that follows.