The name was so popular that university board members made "wildcats" the official nickname just months later. In 1972, the student body voted to change the official nickname from "Wildcats" to "Purple Haze" but the new name never stuck. The Northwestern Athletics' mascot is Willie the ...
In a letter to Northwestern's faculty and staff, Schill wrote that an outside firm will be hired to evaluate how the school detects threats to student-athletes' welfare and to examine the athletics culture in Evanston, Illinois, and its relationship to academics at the prestigious institution. ...
The school just north of Chicago has in recent years invested heavily in its athletic facilities, building the sparkling $270 million Walter Athletics Center and Ryan Fieldhouse indoor practice facility located along Lake Michigan. The basketball arena got a major overhaul. The biggest project of all...
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The University of Northwestern Ohio is an entrepreneurial, private, not-for-profit institution founded in 1920. There are five colleges within the university: College of Applied Technologies, College of Business, College of Health Professions, College of Occupational Professions, and Graduate College gra...
lyke came to pitt in march 2017, after previous athletic director scott barnes departed for the same position at oregon state. she previously served as vice president and director of athletics at eastern michigan from 2013-17 and worked in various positions at ohio state from 1998-2013....
As a member of one of the NCAA’s power five conferences, Northwestern athletes regularly compete against some of the nation’s top athletic programs, such as Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State. While men’s sports like football and basketball steal the headlines, the university’s women’...
In a potentially game-changing moment for college athletics, the Chicago district of the National Labor Relations Boardruled on Wednesdaythat Northwestern football players qualify as employees of the university and can unionize. NLRB regional director Peter Sung Ohr cited the players' time commi...