From: Mike Counter, St. Norbert College, http://www.snc.edu, (920) 403-3089, mike.counter@snc.edu
Aaron Popkey, Green Bay Packers, http://www.packers.com, (920) 569-7211, popkeya@packers.com
Conference Hosted by St. Norbert College and the Green Bay Packers
DE PERE, WIS.: Formal conference registration is now open for “A Mirror of Our Culture: Sport and Society in America.” Registration will be limited, and will close on April 1, 2012.
The two keynote speakers at the conference to be hosted by St. Norbert College and the Green Bay Packers May 22-24, will be Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and George Bodenheimer, executive chairman of ESPN Inc. Selig’s talk will be open to the public for a nominal fee. More details will be made available.
A limited number of paper/presentation slots remain open for this national conference. For information on conference pricing, to learn how to submit an abstract, or to view a preliminary program, go to http://www.snc.edu/sportandsociety.
This is the second conference of its kind put on by St. Norbert College and the Green Bay Packers. The first conference was held in 2010. This partnership between an NFL team and an institution of higher education brings together academics and business professionals from around the country.
The Packers have held their summer training camp at St. Norbert College for 54 years, the longest such relationship between a pro football team and a college in the NFL.
For more information, contact Karen Cleereman, conference administrative coordinator, at sportandsociety@snc.edu or (920) 403-3777.
