The Heisman Club is very pleased to announce a “Career in Sports Networking Event” on February 19 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Club will welcome a group of professionals to campus who have careers in sports related fields. Chris Broussard '90, a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, will be the Master of Ceremonies. He will introduce the guests, allow for some general questions, and open the event up to networking.

Guests will include Don Blumenthal '73, Part-time Oakland Raiders Scout; Laura Pierce '03, Head Cross Country Coach, Millikin University; Scott Kretchmar '66, Professor of Exercise Science, Penn State University; Chad Kutting'06, Account Executive, San Francisco '49ers; Tim Carver, Purdue '88 Director of Sports Medicine at Oberlin and others.

The event will be take place in the Science Center Perlik Commons  and is co-sponsored by the Office of Career Services. The event is open to all Oberlin students.  If you plan on attending, please register by clicking here.

In addition to this event, the department of athletics has created an online career network for current student-athletes and alums. The goal is to connect current job-seeking varsity student-athletes and/or alums to hiring managers throughout the country. Click here to learn more about the athletics career network.