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Thomas Chen is in his second year as the director of athletic communications. Chen arrived at Stony Brook in September 2010 after spending the last six years working at his alma mater, Northeastern University. Chen oversees all media relations efforts for the Seawolves and is also the on-site media coordinator for the 2011 & 2012 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship. After serving as a student assistant at Northeastern for three years, Chen was hired as assistant director of sports information in June 2007. After earning a promotion to associate director in 2009, he successfully coordinated media strategies for the Matthews Arena renovation and the Sun Life Frozen Fenway event, which featured the Northeastern women's hockey team in collegiate women's hockey's first-ever outdoor game. Also as associate director, Chen served as the managing editor the official website of Northeastern University Athletics, GoNU.com. He also spearheaded the department effort to move GoNU.com's content management system to ICS Sidearm, which included a site re-design. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the department, which included the hiring and scheduling of five employees and numerous student helpers, Chen also served as the primary contact for the Huskies men's basketball program, where he established relationships with media that resulted in coverage in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, New York Times, FoxSports.com, ESPN the Magazine and ESPNBoston.com. In addition, Chen served as the secondary contact for the Northeastern football team, where he was responsible for all media communications, statistics, press box management and road game travel. A native of New York City, Chen graduated from Northeastern Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in History in May of 2007. |
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