Chris Voelz

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• Minnesota News Council takes up issue regarding coverage of women sports

  MPR’s Marisa Helms presents this report after attending a Minnesota News Council forum to hear complaints about how Twin Cities news media are doing an inadequate job covering women's sports at the University of Minnesota.

  May. 24, 2002Save
• Berg Celebration, an annual event honoring women athletes, held for the last time

  MPR’s Marisa Helms reports on the 28th Berg Celebration, being held on the Minneapolis campus at University of Minnesota. This annual event to honor women athletes at the University of Minnesota has special significance in 2002, because recently university officials announced they will merge the men's and women's intercollegiate athletics departments.

  May. 1, 2002Save
• University of Minnesota Women's Athletic Department turns 25

  MPR’s Patty Marsicano reports on the University of Minnesota's Women's Athletic Department, as it turns 25, and shares how the department has grown since its start in 1975. Marsicano interviews a variety of student athletes, as well as the women’s athletic director at U of M.

  Nov. 22, 2000Save
• Women's rowing...from club to varsity level sport

  MPR’s Annie Feidt reports on the University of Minnesota's newest varsity team, the women's rowing team, as it prepares for its first competition. They will race in the Head of the Mississippi regatta, a three-mile race on the Mississippi River that cuts through the middle of campus.

  Oct. 6, 2000Save
• Sportfolio: Chris Voelz discusses women in sports

  On this Sportfolio program, Chris Voelz, new director of Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics Department at University of Minnesota, discusses women in sports; in particular, women in college sports. Topics include separate athletic programs, funding, and higher education. Voelz also answers listener questions.

  Aug. 13, 198856 minSave