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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1996)
University’s sports marketing program bulges with talent ■ INTERNSHIPS: The James H. Warsaw Center is preparing its students for the burgeoning sports marketing industry By Mark McTyre Sports Editor The summer brings opportuni ties to University students looking for experience in their respective career fields. And sports mar-' keters are no different. Undergrad uates and graduates of the highly respected James H. Warsaw Sports Marketing Center are taking full advantage of jobs offered in their industry. “The Warsaw Center is the hottest program at the University of Oregon,” said Adam Borgens, who is doing an internship with Team Northwest Racing in Port land. Other Warsaw Center graduates are working behind the scenes for the Portland Trail Blazers, Mt. Bachelor Ski and Summer Resort, the United States Basketball Acad emy, the National Football League and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. “We’re really excited about what students and the industry are bringing to our program,” said Rick Burton, assistant director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center. NIKE has also taken advantage of the talent produced from the Warsaw Center. Five students are helping promote the NIKE World Masters Games, which is expect ed to draw 25,000 athletes to Ore gon in the summer of 1998. “The Warsaw Center candi dates knocked our socks off,” said Laurie Bloch, director of adminis tration for the NIKE World Mas ters Games. “They were prepared, poised and well-versed in what we do. Their resumes were superi or to those of other applicants, and their presentations were even bet ter.” The students have been so suc cessful Bloch invited them to ex tend their summer internships to a full year. "We need their energy and in telligence,” Bloch said. “We want to develop the best young set of sports managers in the Pacific Northwest. We found them at the Warsaw Center.” The students of the Warsaw Center have received training from top-notch professors and guests of the Center. Professionals such as Gary Jacobus, National Football League senior director, and Reggie Williams, Walt Disney World Sports vice president, have come to share their real-world ex perience with students. With courses in sponsorship, li censing, sports marketing commu nications and law, the Warsaw Center has aggressively sought to inspire its students to seek em ployment in a growing industry estimated to produce more than $150 billion a year in U.S. rev enue. “We felt from the beginning mrnMMM-. fifi We’re really excited about what students and the industry are bringing to our program. — Rick Burton Assistant Director Warsaw Sports Marketing Center -99 that the placement of students in jobs was a critical part of what the Warsaw Center is about,” Director Michael Ritchey said. “We’re not operating from an ivory tower here. We’re preparing students for real jobs in the competitive world of sports marketing.” Author to speak about Yanomamo rainforest On Monday, August 12, from 6 to 7 p.m. Barnes and Noble Book sellers will feature Mark Andrew Ritchie, author of the book Spirit of the Rainforest: A Yanomamo Shaman’s Story. Ritchie, a fre 1__ quent visitor to the Yanomamo rainforest, will begin with a lec ture on the culture and hardships ’Vets Club & Colonial Inn Restaurant0 - Open to the Public - Lit’l Lynn and the Smokin’ Soles Performing Wed., Frl, & Sat.« 9:00pm-i:00am Buffet: Tues-Fri, 11 am-2 pm • $5.00, Seniors $4.50 Bar Menu: Mon-Sat, 11 am-closing Live Music, Blues & Jazz: Wed, Fri & Sat, 9 pm-1 am ■ 1626 Willamette ★ 345-3261 ★ Banquet facilities available a of the people who live in this re gion. After his talk, Ritchie will remain on hand to answer ques tion and sign copies of his book. UO fundraising leader departs for Hartford University President Dave Frohnmayer announced Friday the departure of Brodie Reming ton, University vice president for public affairs and development. Remington will begin work as vice president for development at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., beginning November 1. Remington oversaw the Oregon Campaign, the largest capital campaign effort in the state’s his tory. During his six-year stint on campus, annual contributions to the campaign almost tripled. Remington also expanded the University’s legislative and pub lic relations efforts. The University will begin a na tional search for candidates to fill Remington’s job. U0 grad new director of University office A new director of the Universi ty Office of Legislative and Com munity Relations began work on Monday. In his new position, Kirk Bai ley will coordinate the Universi ty’s outreach efforts to state legis lators and state agencies, President Frohnmayer and other officials to build political support for the University and mobilize community members, alumni and other groups to speak out on behalf of higher education. Bailey is a University graduate, a former ASUO president and has degrees in political science and law. Prior to the new job, Bailey had been vice president of the Lane Transit District Board of Directors. Eugene comedians to be featured in show The Comedy Workout is help ing people get out of the heat and inside to watch Eugene’s funniest stand-up comics. On Saturday, August 10, beginning at 8 p.m. the show will be at Actor’s Cabaret, 996 Willamette. Tickets are $5 and reservations can be made by calling 683-4368. — compiled by Kristin Bailey and Andrea DeYoung Track Town Presents... /[must MEDIUM YOUR OWN” AND RECEIVE E SECOND* FOR Available 7 Days a week from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.! ‘Second pizza must be of equal or lesser value. This special is not good with any other offer. Pick-Up or Dine-In only. Available for a limited time only. CALL 484-2799 CAMPUS • 1809 Franklin Blvd. WEST • 2511 W. 11th & Wilson RIVER ROAD • 2620 River Road
