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2012 Oozefest: Can You Dig It?
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Oozefest 2012, with its aptly named “Can You Dig It?” theme, was again a sellout, with 1,400 players, including students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members, and more than 200 volunteers who supported the event.
175,913 135,420 Alumni website visits
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115 Alumni events with online registration
5,703 Recent grads choosing to keep @buffalo.edu address for life
Do we have your email address? Find out by viewing your profile at www.ubconnect.org. SOURCE: OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS FOR PERIOD JUNE 1, 2001-MAY 31,2012
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Taking home the tournament trophy and bragging rights for the second year in a row was 7 ½ White Men. The prize for best costume, sponsored by alumni team Poached Trout in a White Wine Sauce (notable for its 23 consecutive years of play), was team Star Wars: The Empire Spikes Back, which received a free team registration for 2013. See more Oozefest photos or watch a video of the 2012 tournament at www.alumni.buffalo.edu/oozefest. Oozefest is presented by the UB Student Alumni Association. Presenting sponsors for 2012 were the UB Alumni Association, American Campus Communities, Campus Living, Student Life, Santora’s Pizza Pub & Grill, True Blue, Atwal Eye Care and The Buffalo News. Oozefest 29 is slated for April 27, 2013. UB DOWNTOWN
Career paths, health care, the media UB Downtown events continue to attract large crowds, particularly including dues-paying members of the UB Alumni Association. “In fact, we now start marketing these events for members first, and open it up to nonmembers only if necessary,” says Paul R. Hammer, BA ’78, chair of the UBAA’s events committee. On June 27, the UB Downtown speaker was Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, BA ’89, who discussed his first six months in office, the effect UB had on his career path and the university’s
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importance in the community. Michael Cropp, EMBA ’03, CEO and president of Independent Health, an HMO, discussed the state of health care reform from both local and national perspectives. He also described what Independent Health is proactively doing to ensure the health of its members. Jack Connors, CEL ’01, publisher and president of Buffalo Business First, discussed the history of his popular weekly publication, and explained its reporting and publishing mechanisms. U B AT N O O N FO R D I S T I N G U I S H E D A L U M N I
Curious objects shape our history Analyzing curious items was the topic of discussion for the UB at Noon dialogue, March 13 in the Center for Tomorrow, North Campus. Peter Bush, director of the South Campus Instrument Center in the School of Dental Medicine, relayed stories about space shuttle parts, meteorites and toilet paper. Bush concluded his talk with a description of how UB technology helped in victim identification following the crash of Flight 3407 on Feb. 12, 2009, in Clarence Center, N.Y. SCHOOL-BASED NEWS
Engineering and Applied Sciences John R. “Jack” Davis, BS ’55, and his wife, Barbara, were on hand May 10 to dedicate the new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences building named in the couple’s honor for their $5 million gift to the university. Barbara and Jack Davis Hall is a cutting-edge facility that serves as the home for the departments of computer science and engineering and electrical engineering, as well as for several centers. Barbara and Jack Davis Hall Opening.