8:00 a.m.
Walking tour of Walter Athletics Center and Ryan Fieldhouse
Visitors to Saturday’s sessions are invited to a walking tour of the facilities.
Nona Jo’s
Walter Athletics Center
2255 Campus Drive
9:00-10:00 a.m.
An Examination of Gender and Racial Inequities in College Sports
Centered around the NCAA’s Title IX at 50 report, “The State of Women in College Sports.” This panel will look at racial and gender equity in women’s sports – where it stands and where improvements can be made.
Panelists include:
Amy Wilson, NCAA
Donna Lopiano, Sports Management Resources
Ketra Armstrong, University of Michigan
Moderator: Christine Brennan, USA Today, CNN
10:15-11:15 a.m.
Lift as You Rise: The Future for Women in Coaching and Athletic Administration
Some of the most successful women coaches in the country are at Northwestern, and this panel has them and their female colleagues in NU’s athletic administration discussing the need for mentoring in this industry, how they were guided early in their careers and how to improve the staggeringly low numbers of women currently in power in high school and college sports.
Panelists include:
Janna Blais, Northwestern
Kelly Amonte Hiller, Northwestern
Kate Drohan, Northwestern
Kristina Minor, Northwestern
Moderator: Christine Brennan, USA Today, CNN
11:30-12:30 p.m.
Hear My Story: The 50-Year Journey of Female Student-Athletes
This panel will be a conversation between former Northwestern athletes spanning the 50 years since the passage of Title IX, examining what the student-athlete experience looked and felt like in the early days, and discussing how much further we still have to go.
Panelists include:
Robin Voigt, Northwestern ’77 (Volleyball)
Chinazo Opia Cunningham, Northwestern ’90 (Softball)
Samantha Nettling, Northwestern ’18 (Softball)
Dionna Latimer-Hearn, Northwestern ’99 (Soccer)
Moderator: Meghan McKeown, Northwestern '14 (Basketball)
Cost: Free