Jørgen Kjær is from Denmark. He currently teaches in Sweden. He's a long-time coach and an expert in coaching education. The WSU College of Education has the privilege of hosting Jørgen Nov. 3-8. Today, we meet up with Jørgen to talk coaching education and get his advice to our Sport Management students who want to go into coach... spoiler alert: they need to be hungry.

As published recently in WSU Insider, a recent study indicates that just the facts may not be enough to overcome misinformation. Far more effective would be a refutation format.

Robert Danielson breaks down what that means. He's an associate professor of Educational Psychology at Washington State University's College of Education and likes the puzzle of how people think, including deciphering information and whether it's true or false; fact or fiction.

Full news article: https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2024/08/21/facts-alone-fall-short-in-correcting-science-misinformation/

Colin Connolly has a cool job. He watches baseball every night. OK, obviously, he has to work while doing, but it's still a cool job. Colin is the is the Director of Media Relations and Baseball Information for the Tacoma Rainiers (Triple-A for the Seattle Mariners). In conjunction with this year's Color Cheney Crimson, we chatted with Colin about his work now, and his time at WSU in the College of Education's Sport Management program.