A Reverse Trip: PVC and Office of Community & Regional Affairs Host Weapons of Mass Construction and Community & Staff Day Event

It was last spring when the Princeton Varsity Club took a bus of student-athletes to Rosedale Park in Pennington, New Jersey for the sixth annual Weapons of Mass Construction (WOMC). For the Fall 2014 WOMC event the roles were reversed, as the PVC partnered with the Office of Community and Regional Affairs to serve as host to the HomeFront Organization for the annual Community and Staff Day event held on the Weaver Track open field Saturday September 27^th, 2014.

While the weather was unusually warm, there was nothing unusual about the warm welcome received by the children from HomeFront as they stepped foot on campus. Over twenty enthused Princeton student-athletes marched over to meet the bus of thirty children and lead them to Weaver Track for fun and games.

Children of all ages from the greater Princeton community populated the track to make a family-friendly environment prior to the Princeton football team’s home-opening game against Davidson. Over 150 Princeton student-athletes manned the youth sports clinic with several outdoor activities. These stations included football, basketball, baseball and track, street hockey competitions and lacrosse activities, rowing machinery, and a crowd-favorite arts and craft station. Through the WOMC service initiative, the Princeton Varsity Club was excited to partner with several campus partners to provide an opportunity for young children to visit the beautiful Princeton campus, while also allowing them to engage and interact with our student-athletes who serve as terrific role models. The Community Staff Day event also served as a tremendous tool in strengthening the bonds between our dedicated student-athletes and the greater Princeton community.

Following the outdoor activities, children from the HomeFront organization enjoyed a pizza party with the men’s ice hockey team leading up to free tickets to the football game and the Princeton victory—certainly a fitting close to a fun and exciting day for the kids, student-athletes, and the greater Princeton community as a whole.

Community & Staff Day is co-sponsored by the Office of Community & Regional Affairs, the Department of Athletics, the Office of Human Resources and Princeton University Dining Services.

To see more photos from the day, click here.

Upcoming Events

06apr7:30 pm8:45 pmJake McCandless '51 PVC Speaker Series: Jeff Ingold '90 & Ted Price '90Open to the entire Princeton community

Event Details

The Princeton community is invited to join us in McCosh 10 on Thursday, April 6th for a conversation with Jeff Ingold ’90 and Ted Price ’90 as part of the Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series. Ingold and Price are former Princeton squash teammates who have gone on to very unique careers in the entertainment industry, producing some of the most recognizable television shows and video games in the world.

Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series
Conversation with Entertainment Executives Jeff Ingold ’90 & Ted Price ’90

The conversation will be moderated by Ford Family Director of Athletics, John Mack ’00. The speaker series event is free and open to the general public (no advanced registration required). The Jake McCandless ’51 PVC Speaker Series was endowed in the name of J.L. “Jake” McCandless ’51, who coached Princeton to the 1969 Ivy League football championship during the Tigers’ centennial year of football. Click here to learn more about the series and past featured speakers.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS
Jeff Ingold ’90, is the President of Bill Lawrence’s Doozer Productions at Warner Bros. Television. He just wrapped production on the third season of the two-time Emmy award winning series Ted Lasso, as well as Shrinking (starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford) and Bad Monkey (starring Vince Vaughn), both for Apple TV+.

Prior to joining Doozer Productions, Ingold was the longtime comedy head at NBC. After rising through the ranks as a current executive on such hit NBC shows as Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace, and Scrubs, Ingold transitioned to the development team where he oversaw The Office. In 2006, Ingold was promoted to the head of NBC comedy under then President, Kevin Reilly. During the rest of his tenure, which included expanded oversight of Universal Television comedies in addition to NBC, Ingold supervised the critically acclaimed series 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation, And Community. When he left in 2011, Ingold’s title was Executive Vice President, NBC and Universal Comedy Series.

Ingold is a graduate of Princeton University and the USC Marshall School of Business. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Ted Price ’90 is President and Founder of Insomniac Games – a videogame developer with over 500 employees located across US and Canada, working remotely and onsite in its bi-coastal offices. In 2019 Insomniac was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Since 1994 Insomniac has created high profile game franchises in the console, VR, AR and mobile spaces. Some of its more popular creations include the Spyro the Dragon series, the Ratchet and Clank series, the Resistance: Fall of Man series, Sunset Overdrive and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Upcoming games include Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine for the PlayStation 5.

Insomniac’s games have sold over 100 million units worldwide since the company’s inception. Insomniac has also won numerous local, state and national workplace awards for its unique culture.

Price’s responsibilities at Insomniac include directing the company’s strategic planning and helping shape its culture as well as contributing to its projects. Price is also the Vice Chairman of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in English.