The photomosaic for the Centennial reveals the celebration for what it is: Thousands of diverse elements coming together to form a strong “NCAA.”

Those components — the fabric of the organization — will assemble January 6-9 in Indianapolis for the 100th annual NCAA Convention. This time, more than at any of the previous 99 annual membership meetings, the business of the Association will be celebration.

The Association will “celebrate the student-athlete” by focusing on what the Association has been, what it is and what it hopes to become. The Centennial theme will be omnipresent throughout the four-day event, from the display of the photomosaic all the way through the debut of “In the Arena: The NCAA’s First Century,” Joseph N. Crowley’s comprehensive history of the Association.

Unique programming will abound, including a special screening of the soon-to-be-released “Glory Road” (the story of Texas Western College’s landmark 1966 NCAA basketball championship), an evening with CBS broadcasting legend Walter Cronkite and a panel discussion (“An Inside Look at the NCAA”) involving past and present leaders of the Association. Traditional presentations, such as the January 8 honors program, will have a Centennial look and feel.

But at the back of it all will be the business of the Association. Division II delegates will address a 40-proposal legislative package on the morning of January 9 while Division III will consider 29 proposals.

Division I, meanwhile, will make history by conducting the first legislative override vote since the Association restructured in 1997. A coalition of Division I-AA and I-AAA institutions has forced membership reconsideration of a Board of Directors vote to expand financial aid limits in four nonrevenue women’s sports.