Northwestern University Special Olympics

09/20/2022

Interested in learning more about NUSO and the ways to get involved? Visit our booth tomorrow, Sep 21st, from 3-6pm in Norris!!

11/19/2019

Here is our first Coach of the Week for the year!

Sean Ray is a first-year student from Los Angeles. He is a coach at our bowling site and has really impressed our athletes by scoring 163 at the first practice! He joined NUSO because “he loved volunteering for Special Olympics back home and wanted to continue in college.” A fun fact about Sean is that he went to the Special Olympics World Summer games in LA in 2015!

05/24/2019

Interested in taking your involvement with Northwestern to Benefit Special Olympics to the next level? Apply to our executive board!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kNL89xRfRcjcgKn2oASS4Igs8imVdPmgtgQbbqMsb18/edit?usp=sharing

Applications are due May 27th at midnight! We look forward to seeing yours!

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04/07/2019

Happy Spring Quarter!! We kicked off the quarter with the Northwestern Volleyball team! Big thanks to the team for hosting us!

04/05/2019

Applications for Spring Quarter Coaching are open!! Please fill out the google doc below by midnight tomorrow!

Due by Saturday, April 6 at 11:59 PM

03/31/2019

Hello Special Olympics Community! We hope everyone had a restful spring break before the start of spring quarter. We ended our winter quarter with an exciting tour of the brand new Ryan Fieldhouse (see our recent most post for pictures!) Thanks again to the ‘Cats for hosting us, we are looking forward to working with more Northwestern athletes in the future! In addition to the tour, winter quarter was full of fun activities including the annual swim meet at Henry Crown, as well as a “summer in February” party. Check out our instagram page for pictures from all the events!

Spring Quarter will also be packed with lots of activities, including our annual Field Day in May. We can’t wait to see all the volunteers there. Stay tuned for an email regarding volunteer sign ups for spring sites!

Finally, our final winter quarter coach of the week was volunteer Emily Harriot! Holly Korn, an exec member, says Emily “has been very consistent and has attended swimming for the past 3 years! The athletes love her technical advice and energy.” Thanks for contributing your energy to the special o community, Emily!

03/16/2019

A BIG thank you to Northwestern Athletics and our amazing exec member Holly for setting up this tour of the new Ryan Fieldhouse! We had an amazing time!!

02/18/2019

We had a blast hanging out with the athletes at the polar plunge today!!

02/18/2019

Hello Northwestern to Benefit Special Olympics Community!

We have decided to begin sending newsletters out to the community to inform everyone of all things Special O! Each newsletter will feature updates from weekly sites, athlete achievements, information about upcoming events, and coaches of the week!

This past weekend featured a big event for special olympics: the Polar Plunge! Every year, many of these athletes participate in the polar plunge and raise money for Special Olympics. See our most recent post for photos!

We also have a really busy upcoming weekend, and we'd love for volunteers to join us at the events!
This Saturday (2/23) we are throwing a Beach Day in February party with the athletes! From 2-4pm, join us for games and treats and pretend to escape Chicago winter for a couple hours.
This Sunday (2/24), we are hosting the annual swim meet at the pool in S**C from 9-11am. Anyone interested in volunteering as a swimmer or time keeper, please let us know!!

Finally, if you would like to nominate a coach of the week for the next newsletter, please follow the link:

https://goo.gl/forms/vIwwdAocuLlDCZwK2

Thanks for reading! Stay tuned for more updates next week!!

-the NUSO exec team

01/09/2019

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczWmcN2Y4IXD-bdwM4KKpOr_w_LabsQb99YaXYfFpAsihvJQ/viewform

Winter Quarter coaching applications are now open!! Sign up by 1/13/19!