Inside the Rings
helping schools and universities prepare for the road to 2034
The 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will create opportunities far beyond sport.
For colleges, universities, school districts, and workforce organizations, the Olympic moment can become a catalyst for student engagement, academic programming, research, career pathways, community partnerships, and institutional visibility.
The challenge is not whether the Olympics matter to education.
The challenge is determining how your institution should participate in a way that aligns with its mission, students, stakeholders, and long-term goals.
Why Educational Institutions
Are Paying Attention
The Olympic Games create a rare opportunity to connect learning, leadership, service, sport, culture, and global engagement.
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Educational leaders are beginning to ask:
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How can students participate in the Olympic opportunity?
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What academic programs could connect to the Games?
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How do we create meaningful workforce and career pathways?
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Could our campus support events, training, or delegation activity?
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How do we engage alumni, donors, faculty, and community partners?
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What legacy could this create for our institution beyond 2034?
These questions require more than enthusiasm.
They require strategy, coordination, and early preparation.
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Common Areas of Interest
Every institution is different, but educational organizations are exploring opportunities related to:
Student Engagement
Creating meaningful ways for students to participate in Olympic-related programming, service, leadership, and events.
Workforce & Career Pathways
Connecting students to careers in sport, event operations, hospitality, media, public safety, healthcare, technology, and public administration.
Academic Programming
Exploring courses, research initiatives, speaker series, symposiums, and interdisciplinary programs tied to the Olympic movement.
Campus & Community Activation
Using the Olympic moment to engage students, alumni, donors, faculty, and surrounding communities.
Training & Hosting Opportunities
Evaluating whether campus facilities, housing, sport science resources, or institutional assets could support Olympic-related activity.
Legacy & Institutional Impact
Identifying how Olympic preparation can support long-term institutional priorities.
Who We Work With
Inside the Rings works with educational and workforce organizations, including:
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Colleges and universities
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School districts
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Career and technical education programs
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Workforce development organizations
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Athletics departments
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Advancement and alumni teams
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Student affairs leaders
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Academic departments and research centers
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Community education partners
How We Help
Inside the Rings helps educational institutions move from broad Olympic interest to focused institutional strategy.
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We help leaders:
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Understand the Olympic landscape
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Explore relevant opportunities
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Align internal stakeholders
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Evaluate institutional readiness
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Identify practical next steps
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Connect Olympic preparation to student, academic, community, and legacy goals
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Build a strategy that fits the institution
Our role is to help institutions determine where Olympic preparation can create real educational and organizational value.
Why Start Now?
Educational institutions move on long planning cycles.
Academic programs, partnerships, student opportunities, donor engagement, campus initiatives, and workforce pathways take time to build.
The Games create the moment.
Preparation creates the value.
Institutions that begin early will have more time to align leadership, engage students, develop partnerships, and create programs that can mature before 2034 arrives.
