Mark Your Calendars! Windermere Cup on Sat, May 3

Erin Allett

Go Dawgs!

After a crazy successful event in 2013 - beautiful weather and 200+ Dawg Pack members jammed at the finish line of the country's most prestigious crew regatta, the 2014 Windermere Cup is set to be even bigger and badder than last year.

In 2013, Dawg Pack members had a special VIP tent and lawn space right at the finish line straight across The Cut from the Husky Band, which made for some awesome "Go Huskies" cheers (check out the video above). We offered free food, drinks, and Husky giveaways which brought students in in droves...that and the first sunshine since September.

• Partnership with Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life to distribute GREEK WEEK points to each chapter that had a member represented at Windermere Cup
• Gave away a Sark autographed football to the most spirited Husky student
• Everyone's favorite: T-shirt toss

Chillin' between races enjoying the sun and some snacks.

Stay tuned for more details on Dawg Pack does Windermere 2014 coming sometime in April!

FYP-Athletics: Orientation Leader Training

Erin Allett

Ink Aleaga from Student Athlete Academic Services and I sat down with Natalie from First Year Programs yesterday to follow-up from the FYP-Athletics meeting in January to further discuss how to include Athletics in Summer Orientation Leader training during the Winter Quarter.

As anyone who has attended college knows, when you arrive on the scene in summer before your freshman orientation you have no clue what is cool, what the norms are, where people go, what they do. If you were anything like me, you were doe-eyed and a little intimidated and a sponge for trying to figure out what the heck was going on.  This is where you orientation leader came into play. For all you knew, they were the coolest dude (ahem, lady) on campus and you wanted to be just as sweet as they were.

What if Athletics had an influence on Orientation Leader Training? This would allow Orientation Leaders to become Athletics ambassadors and pass along tips to new students on what student-athletes are all about and that attending Husky Athletic events is not only free (except Football and Men's Hoops) and awesomely fun to watch our teams dominate, but it's a big part of a student's UW experience. This will allow the Husky brand and perception of Athletics to sink into students' minds the first time they set foot on campus as incoming students.

We had a great meeting. The Athletics portion of the 30ish member Orientation Leader training will go down on May 14 and will include two parts.

1. Ink will be creating a panel discussion of student-athletes and key staff to debunk some of the myths surrounding student-athletes. The panel will also help to connect student-athletes to Orientation Leaders, who may now feel that they have a connection to our sport programs.
   
2. I will present and represent on behalf of the Marketing, Creative, and Communications departments sharing all of the good bits of information and steps to do with students first thing when they arrive. Such as following all of our handles and pages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Chya.

More to come on May 14 but lovin' our new friends at FYP's willingness to collaborate!
Erin

Hard at Work!

Sam Millang

Another hard day at work for the Husky Street Team. We went all over campus distributing flyers and then spent the rest of the day giving away FREE posters to people in the Greek Community. We have a bunch of extra sweet Retake Montlake posters and are dying to get rid of them!

I feel like the pile in our storage is never ending. We filled the entire trunk of Morgan's car (see Morgan's car), but there is no way you would know looking at the pile in the cage. Soooooo if you want some free swag for your room, make sure to stop by when you see us on campus to get your free poster! And then grab some for your friends.

Morgan's car.

Get Hype: New Husky Street Team Member!

Kyle McKnight

Hey y'all, the newest member of the Husky Street Team coming at you live to answer the age old question of "Who really let the Dawgs out"?

The Baha Men brought the topic back up and into popular discourse with their one hit wonder, but never actually hinted at anything that would shed some light onto the one responsible for "letting the Dawgs out."

Well... my foundation was shook when I joined this hard-working, driven and devoted team because the answer was right in front of my awe-filled eyes. It's the Husky Street Team! 

It's our job to make sure you know about all of our awesome events and get hype to bring the home field advantage for the Huskies.  And we aren't going to stop doing what we're doing until each and every one of you DAWGS is let out!

So next time you see us on campus, remember you are a husky and letting yourself go a little crazy to support your fellow student-athletes in all of their endeavors is what we should all be doing at UW!

Yours truly,

Kyle "McDawg" McKnight

She Loves Me..She Loves Me Not...

Natalie Gilbert

It's that time of year, the day that everyone besides corny couples and Hallmark despises. Yes...tomorrow is Valentine's Day, ladies and gentleman.

Now I know what your thinking, WHAT in the world do I get for my significant other? Husky Street Team has a solution for you! This gift requires little to no maintenance and is so versatile that you can gift it you hubby of two years or an awkward "we started dating Feb 1st s**t what do I for Valentine's Day" relationship...

HST member Sarah showing off the goods

Sarah! Just kidding, she is already has a Valentine. But these really awesome Retake Montlake posters are up for grabs. The best part of the Valentine's poster present is that it is free and we have so many we don't even know what to do with them. So please, take one...take 'em all...and make your Valentine feel extra blessed that he or she has you in their life.

You're welcome,
Natalie

Holy Gymnastics & Kiddos, Batman

Kyle McKnight

If YOU weren't packed inside Alaska Airlines Arena this Saturday cheering on the Husky Gymnastics team and their high-flying acrobats, then you seriously missed nothing shy of AMAZING!

Rewind to the beginning of the week

HST was given a mission to aim their ridiculously good-looking marketing efforts at the 68 primary schools in the greater Seattle area. 68 schools translates to a lot of crazy, probably acrobatic, and enthusiastic children who haven't yet witnessed the spectacle of collegiate gymnastics. 

I don't know what's with all of my movie ties in this post...go with it...

So our Mission: Impossible (we chose to accept) was to distribute flyers to each and every one of the Seattle Public Schools kiddos to:

1. Reach a new audience
2. Inspire the youth of Seattle to explore the realm of gymnastics
3. Create a couple more loyal husky pups...Tom Cruise doesn't have crap on HST 

Check those out!

With Ol' Reliable (my trusty '93 accord, isn't she great?!), the rest of the HST and I we were able to distribute thousands of flyers and successfully reach a whole new population. It was a major victory as well as showing the possibility of extending our already broad reach of HUSKY NATION. 

This guy will never die...neither will our Husky Pride!

Why The Heck Not?!

Morgan Farrar

Morgan here with the Husky Street Team and this week we were on the move! You may have caught sight of us running up and down the Ave tagging every business possible with our winter and spring sports posters. Husky Street Team is Taking Over....but no one ever said that was a bad thing did they?!

HST 2014: Sam, Sarah, Natalie, Kyle, Morgan & Harry

You might have also seen us taking campus in stride, the golf cart and all. We brought our main man Harry the Husky along with us to pump up the energy and positive vibes from all of you students on campus. I'm pretty sure that we got everyone hyped about the Husky Basketball games and Husky Gymnastics meet this weekend!

Harry hanging on for dear life.  Brayden's driving skills...ahhhhhhhh!

We had quite a few of what we call, "Why The Heck Not?!" moments. You know those times where you are slightly embarrassed and don't want to be judged but at the same time you're having a great time and want to share your excitement with everyone around you? Yeah, us too. We embraced our WTHN moments this week and had a great time interacting and hanging out with all of you!

Harry and HST members Morgan, Natalie, & Sarah posing after a hard day's work.

HST holding it down in Red Square. Oh, Harry.