Introducing Myself

Hello fellow ADED 1P32 classmates and instructor.

My name is Robert DeMelo and I am currently in my second year of study in Sport Management at Brock University. I previously transferred to Brock from Mohawk College, located in Hamilton, about 2 years ago. I was born and raised in Hamilton until I moved to St. Catharines for university in September of 2014. Following graduation, I hope to find a job in the sports industry in a position such as Discipline Coordinator or Head Coach in either hockey or soccer.

As a member of the Brock community, I enjoy being involved in various activities. I am currently a member of the Brock Men's Varsity Soccer team, and also volunteer in multiple different organizations. This year I joined a club at Brock called "Playmakers Foundation." Playmakers is a non-profit organization that organizes local sports tournaments to raise money for various initiatives. As a club, we raise money to buy athletic equipment for underprivileged kids around the world. In our most recent basketball tournament, hosted in December, we raised $12,000 for children in Jordan and Guatemala. Our next tournament will be volleyball on February 5th, 2016, with the money raised going towards a local initiative. In addition, last year I volunteered for the Impact program, run through Brock University Athletics along with the District School Board of Niagara and the Niagara Regional Police Service. The Impact program is a mentorship program that pairs Brock varsity athletes with at-risk children from local schools in order to guide them along the right path. 

Prior to attending university, I went to a fairly large high school in Hamilton called St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School. I went there for 5 years, my last year being a victory lap. During my years in high school, I participated on the Varsity men's hockey and soccer teams. I acted as a leader on both teams, being an assistant-captain for hockey and captain for soccer. In my grade 12 year, my soccer team was crowned city champs and qualified for OFSAA (Ontario Federation of School Athletics Associations), where we made it to the quarter-finals. 

During my spare time, I normally like to work out, watch television, and play video games. I enjoy watching a variety of shows, such as Ballers, Suits, and Marvel’s Agents of Shields, my favourite being Suits. I also enjoy watching sports, mainly hockey and soccer. My favourite NHL team is the Montreal Canadiens, and my favourite soccer team is Real Madrid. When I am not watching TV, I also enjoy playing FIFA, NHL or NBA on my Xbox One console.

Throughout the next couple of months, I will keeping a blog to help keep track of my progress in this course. It will allow me to self-reflect and to learn more about myself as an adult learner by making connections between what I have learned and past and future experience. My weekly blogs will explain a variety of topics relating to adult education and the digital world. As technology is becoming more commonly used in today's society, I am hoping to become more proficient in the use of technology throughout this course in order to help me succeed both academically and professionally.

Cheers,

Robert DeMelo