PALATINE, Ill. – The
Harper College athletic department will be hosting an opening ceremony
for student-athletes to kick off the 2015-2016 school year on Thursday,
Aug. 24.
The event will be held in the gymnasium
in the Wellness & Sports Center (Building M) and is open to all
students. The ceremony begins at 3 PM and will feature an introduction
by Director of Athletics and Fitness Doug Spiwak. This year's featured keynote speaker is former Harper cross country and track and field athlete David Adler.
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Adler, who was featured in last summer's Harper College Alumni Spotlight series,
competed for the Hawks in 1973 and 1974. After graduating from Harper,
he received an athletic scholarship to Northeastern Illinois University
in Chicago and ran cross country for the school.
Following
his time at Northeastern, he spent 14 years in the hotel business in
food service and served two presidents as well as a number of famous
athletes. He currently works as a GM in the food service industry in
Phoenix, Arizona and also stays active in the sport of running to this
day.
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