Aug. 26, 2008
EVANSTON, Ill. -- On Friday, August 22, Northwestern Athletics and Wildcat Sports Marketing hosted their annual Sponsor Summit at Ryan Field. Representatives from WGN, U.S. Cellular, Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center - Chicago North Shore, Let's Tailgate, Sign One, Wyndham Glenview Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Q&A, iTown Realty, Pioneer Press and CBS Collegiate Sports Network gathered in Ryan Field's Stadium Club for food, mingling and some exciting new twists.
This year's new format focused on making the corporate partners part of the team and gave them the opportunity to hear from and meet with football head coach Pat Fitzgerald and athletic director Jim Phillips. In addition, this year's summit attendees heard from current and past student-athletes about their experiences, engaged in speed networking with each other, competed against each other in Northwestern Athletics trivia with various coaches for team captains and took a photograph with the football team.
At the conclusion of the summit, corporate partners and their families were invited to eat dinner in the Stadium Club and to participate in Meet the Team Night, which took place at Ryan Field and Randy Walker Terrace.