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From the Alumni President Our Alumni Association and your board serve our cadets by promoting the University, and its traditions, pride, and status as a leader among the maritime academies and as a world class institution. We actively support opportunities for the growth and development of the students and alumni, for the benefit of the individuals, the Association, and Cal Maritime. Cal Maritime graduates know we don’t need huge numbers to get things done, but we all must do our part to make things happen. Many graduates have risen to the challenge by:
Corps of Cadets returns to traditional divisional structure
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Participating in regional Summer Send Offs to welcome incoming cadets
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Participating in Orientation and being on hand to talk about their career paths
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Participating by mentoring in our Fall Senior Class Barbecue
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Helping to make Homecoming Weekend 2012 a true celebration for our campus
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Supporting the Maritime Fund
Corps of Cadets has returned
These are all great starting points for this coming year and the Alumni Association Board is excited about the opportunities that lie ahead to continue supporting our cadets and our alma mater. Like the alumni before us who left their mark on us during our formative years, we ask for your participation in the activities of the Alumni Association that best fit your passion for connecting to the cadets and your alma mater. How can you help?
to a traditional divisional structure? To honor the occasion, on August 29, 2012, individual “colors” were conferred upon the 12
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Be the expert in the room: serve as a guest speaker in a class
discipline-specific divisions.
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Sell maritime education: help recruit the new class of cadets at local college fairs
Division commanders were
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Find the needle in the haystack: help us locate our “lost” alumni Connect the dots: organize a class reunion for Homecoming 2013
ceremonially presented
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Fund the vision: make a contribution to the Maritime Fund
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Mold the future: serve as a mentor to a cadet
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Build excellence: serve as an Alumni Board member and support the growth of Cal Maritime and its programs
As a graduate, you understand the value of investing in our cadets. I invite you to begin (and continue) investing in the cadets that are following in our footsteps and the institution that gave us the foundation for our careers. For more information about getting involved and supporting the Alumni Association, contact me at kpasse@csum.edu or contact the Office of Alumni Affairs Office alumni@csum.edu. Best regards,
their new guidons by their respective divisional faculty. The historic role of divisional faculty has been restored as a demonstration of the central leadership role of faculty in the personal and professional development of Cal Maritime cadets. Divisional faculty were hand-picked by the cadets, and serve as mentors, coaches, professional
Ken Passé, E ‘69 President, CMA Alumni Association
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resources, and training advisors to their divisions.