NCAA Bylaws:
17.1.7.6 Required Day Off -- Civic Engagement. All countable athletically related activities (per Bylaw
17.02.1) shall be prohibited on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. An institution shall develop civic engagement policies, which must address opportunities available to student-athletes for civic engagement, through a collaborative process involving student-athletes, coaches and senior athletics department staff members to ensure student-athletes are provided adequate opportunities, resources and programming to participate in civic engagement activities.
(Adopted: 9/16/20 not applicable to contests scheduled before July 17, 2020, Revised: 6/15/22 effective 8/1/22)
17.1.7.6.1 Exception -- Championship Segment. A team that is participating in the segment of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship may engage in countable athletically related activities on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, provided student-athletes are given a day off from countable athletically related activities to participate in civic engagement activities and programming within 15 days before or after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(Adopted: 6/30/22 effective 8/1/22)
ALL IN Partnership:
The Mid-American Confernce has partnered with the
ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge to empower universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement through MAC Votes. Since 2022, MAC Votes has supported universities in the Mid-American conference in their nonpartisan voter registration and turnout efforts. In addition to being ALL IN campuses, nine MAC institutions have had their leaders
sign the Presidents' Commitment to full student voter participation.
Civic Engagement Campus Contacts:
| Akron |
Paije Lewis |
prl11@uakron.edu |
| Ball State |
Lindsey Blom |
lcblom@bsu.edu |
| Bowling Green |
Bryan Mestre |
bmestre@bgsu.edu |
| Buffalo |
D'Ann Keller |
dannkell@buffalo.edu |
| Central Michigan |
Travis Downing |
downi1tj@cmich.edu |
| Eastern Michigan |
ELizabeth Conrad |
econrad@emich.edu |
| Kent State |
Amy Densevich |
adensevi@kent.edu |
| Miami |
Chauncey Winbush |
winbusc@miamioh.edu |
| Northern Illinois |
Randi Napientek |
randi@niu.edu |
| Ohio |
Tia Jameson |
jamesont@ohio.edu |
| Toledo |
Traci Jo Korte |
traci.korte@utoledo.edu |
| Western Michigan |
Julian Jones |
julian.jones@wmich.edu |
