FROM THE EDITOR ALUMNI OFFICE WELCOMES NEW LEADERSHIP An alumni affairs veteran and familiar face at Stevens has recently taken the helm of the Alumni Office. Michael K. Smullen was appointed executive director of the Stevens Alumni Association effective July 1, 2013. He succeeds Anita Lang, who was named executive director emeritus in June after 47 years with Stevens. Michael Smullen
Smullen joined the Alumni Office in 2011 and served as associate executive director before taking on his current leadership role. He says that he’s excited for this new challenge. “I am very honored to serve Stevens and the Stevens Alumni Association as Executive Director,” Smullen said. “For the past two years, I have had the pleasure of working with Anita Lang, Executive Director Emeritus, who has guided the alumni program for over 47 years. With Anita’s example as a guide, I look forward to working with the Executive Committee of the Association to strengthen and build our alumni programs, honor and promote our proud Stevens alumni tradition, and warmly welcome the growing number of new alumni every spring. “From every corner of the globe, a Stevens degree connotes not only educational excellence, but also innovative thinking and superior knowledge. I feel privileged to work with so many dedicated, passionate alumni.” During his time at Stevens, Smullen has helped spearhead the most successful Alumni Weekends in the university’s history, with recordbreaking attendance records for the last two years in a row.
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Before joining Stevens, Smullen served as director of Alumni Affairs at Berkeley College, with campuses in New York and New Jersey. Previously, he served as alumni director at Kean University in Union, N.J., and as alumni associate at Drew University in Madison, N.J. While at Berkeley, Smullen created a professional skills webinar series for alumni, launched a “Teaching and Learning” faculty and alumni panel series and coordinated Berkeley’s first Alumni Reunion in New Jersey and New York. At Kean, Smullen created and implemented myKean, an online community designed for alumni to reconnect with one another for career networking, online information updates, and news and events updates. He also created both the first bi-monthly electronic newsletter for Kean alumni and the Career Network & Mentor Program. Smullen is a graduate of Drew University. Besides Smullen, the SAA welcomed a new assistant director, Priya Vin. Vin joined the Alumni Office in January, focusing on directing and supporting the regional, professional and affinity networks of Stevens alumni. Prior to this position, she was Priya Vin program manager with the Harvard Business School Club of New York. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her master’s degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. “I’m excited to be working to strengthen and grow these alumni networks,’’ Vin said. “I look forward to connecting the 35,000 Stevens alumni to each other through their professional affiliations, regional area and interests.’’
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