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professional tennis management certifi cate
The Professional Tennis Management Certificate Program (PTM) will start its first semester at Queens
College on Jan. 13. Courtesy of the United States Tennis Association (USTA)
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BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
A brand new Professional
Tennis Management (PTM)
Certificate Program will be
offered by Queens College
in January, in collaboration
with the United States Tennis
Association (USTA).
Queens College, located
65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing,
is the first school in the
country offering a new certificate
for people hoping to
work or move up in the tennis
industry that does not require
them to be enrolled in a
degree program.
“Queens College has
many years’ experience with
professional education for
working adults,” said Queens
College Interim President
William Tramontano. “Such
courses can have an enormous
impact on social mobility
and life opportunities,
which is extremely valuable
to the students and communities
we serve. We think the
PTM Certificate will open a
lot of doors.”
The program, developed
for accomplished tennis
players and sports managers,
has two tracks — Tennis
Professional and Tennis
Management, which helps to
prepare students to teach or
manage professional tennis
programs, equipping them to
work in such positions as instructors,
coaches, administrators,
and sports business
owners.
The program is accredited
by the USTA, which is the
nonprofit owner and manager
of the U.S. Open.
Since Queens College
and the USTA are located in
Flushing, their partnership
will give students the combined
benefits of entree to a
top-ranked college, a robust
and prestigious support network,
and state-of-the-art facilities.
Taught by industry leaders,
the PTM Certificate
Program will consist of
convenient online modules,
evening classes at the college,
and on-court training
sessions. Students will also
receive guidance on securing
paid internships and job
placement.
“There are so many opportunities
in tennis from
the professional event side
to club work to parks and
physical education, profit
and nonprofit,” said Skip
Hartman, USTA-U director
of PTM at Queens College
and CUNY. “We hope this
experience will open many
doors.”
Jay Hershenson, vice
president for Communications
and Marketing and senior
advisor to the President
of Queens College, added, “If
you love tennis, and want to
get involved in the coaching
or management side, then
this program is your ‘centre
court.’ “Accredited by USTA,
you can earn your certificate
through both on-line and
class instruction and become
well-positioned to join the
booming world-wide tennis
industry.”
The PTM Certificate Program
will start its first semester
on Jan. 13, 2020. For
more information about the
Queens College PTM Certificate
Program, visit www.
qc.cuny.edu. To register, visit
the Professional & Continuing
Studies/Queens College
website.
Partial scholarships are
available for the first 15 students
who register for the
program, as well as for those
who are currently working as
employees or active coaches
within the tennis industry.
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