Nike Sparks Creativity

How does Nike embody the word "ignite?" This was the question senior instructor of sports business Whitney Wagoner posed to members of the Warsaw Sport Business Club (WSBC), the club she advises. Ambition kindled, eight WSBC-ers took up the challenge, each delivering an original five-minute presentation to visitors from Nike's summer internship talent acquisition team of Wendy Scott and Zachary Taylor '08, himself an alum of the college's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center. At stake was a $50.00 Nike gift card, plus the chance to gain the respect of their peers and show their passion to--and get one-on-one feedback from--their dream employer's hiring team. Presentations impressed the judges with their visuals and content, and one was delivered as a rhyming monologue. The competition's winner was Corrine Cooley '14, whose presentation included her own hand-painted versions of the Nike Woman ads. Download Cooley's slides and the text of her talk.