Empire 8 Summit set for this Weekend
The annual Empire 8 Student-Athlete Summit is being held at the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa in Fairport, NY. The event will run Friday evening, January 27th through Saturday afternoon, January 28th.
This year’s Summit is once again focused on bringing together members of the higher education community from around the conference institutions (student-athletes, Administrators, Coaches and Vice-Presidents) in a fun and educational environment away from campus.
Commissioner Mitrano will serve as the keynote speaker on Friday night and will address the attendees in the area of sportsmanship.
The attendees will also be taking part in hot topic round table discussions as a way to exchange thoughts and ideas on key issues facing each campus.
Saturday the focus will turn towards the National DIII partnership with Special Olympics. Fifteen SO-athletes will be joining the Summit attendees in some friendly competition held at Nazareth College. All E8 representatives and SO represenatives will then join together for lunch back at the Woodcliff before participating in some Minute-to-Win-it challenges.
Programming for the Summit is made possible through the NCAA Strategic Initiative Grant Tier II funds.