FHSU Athletics

Carolyn Bird spent 23 years of her career working with Fort Hays State's student-athletes and 25 years total at the university. She started a study program for student-athletes at FHSU in 1991 at the request of then FHSU President Dr. Edward H. Hammond and Athletic Director Tom Spicer. Under her guidance as Academic Coordinator for Athletics, the program continued to grow, creating the need for a Technology and Learning Center created in 2002. The center was renamed the Carolyn Bird Technology and Learning Center in her honor in the spring of 2015. Bird was an Assistant Athletic Director, Senior Woman Administrator, and Director of Compliance at FHSU, while serving on numerous athletic committees for FHSU at the conference and NCAA level. Working closely with coaches and administrators, her efforts made an impact on the lives of many student-athletes through the years, while graduation rates and grade point averages improved significantly as a result of her leadership.