Many of you already know by now that Professor Steve Tanzilli, Chair of the SAEM Department, is not your average professor. Prof. Tanzilli found his way to Point Park after getting involved in the sports management industry, earning a law degree and working with high-profile clients in some of Pittsburgh's most renown sports franchises. Even today, Professor Tanzilli continues to operate his own talent management company, Sports Legends Group, while still managing to have some of the most impressive office hours of any professor at Point Park with hours starting at about 6:30AM each day!
(How does he do it? I think it has something to do with the Redbull refrigerator he has located behind his desk.)
Professor Tanzilli never seems to run out of energy. In addition to managing his classes and his clients, he has also put his energy into the Ryan Clark Cure League, founded by the Steelers safety who carries the sickle cell trait, to raise awareness of the disorder. Professor Tanzilli contributes hours upon hours each year helping to organize and promote fundraisers on behalf of the Cure League.
On behalf of all of us in the SAEM Department, congratulations go out to Professor Tanzilli who just saw his efforts garnish rewarding success as three new specialists were hired by UPMC in conjunction with the Cure League to conduct research on sickle cell disease in hopes to find a cure.
Read more about the great strides the Cure League has been able to make in partnership with UPMC: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/health/new-researchers-boost-upmcs-sickle-cell-fight-704170/#ixzz2fk3DHGIF
Contributed by Amanda Munsch, Administrative Assistant to the SAEM Department