Marcus Jackson
Facility Coordinator
Intramural/Recreational Sports Program
Health Science, Kinesiology, Recreation and Dance

225 HPER Building
155 Stadium Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: (479) 575-4646
FAX: (479) 575-7008
mbjackso@uark.edu

Professional Biography:

Marcus graduated from Wichita State University in May of 2005 with a B.S. in Sport Business/Administration. Marcus was working as a Graduate Assistant for Wichita State University and a Lead Admissions Supervisor at Wesley Medical Center before accepting the position as Facility Coordinator/Aquatics Director at Arkansas. He is still currently working on his M.Ed in Sport Business/Administration from Wichita State University. Marcus received his CPR/First Aid/AED Instructor’s and Lifeguard certification in July 2007. He has been a member of the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association for 1 year.

Job Duties:

Marcus is responsible for assisting the Associate Director of Facilities in the management of the Intramural/Recreational Sports program and the HPER Building. Specific job duties include:  hire, train, evaluate, and manage over 70 student employees, supervision of 3 full-time staff members, part-time student payroll operations, assist in the planning, staffing, and administration of all special events which require rental or reservation of the HPER Facility, work closely with student employee advisory board, attend numerous program, department, college, and university meetings, plan and develop job descriptions, handbooks, and other human resource materials, and other projects deemed necessary for the management of the IMRS program.