campus corner MESSAGE FROM THE WLUAA PRESIDENT
Welcome new alumni
In June, we welcomed more than 2,800 new members to the Wilfrid Laurier University Alumni Association (WLUAA) — all of whom are receiving this, their first edition of Campus magazine. Congratulations and welcome to our newest members of the WLUAA! You have joined a network of more than 80,000 alumni who live and work around the globe. These CEOs, presidents, executives, teachers, entrepreneurs, parents and professionals are often willing to offer advice, to connect you with someone they know, to open a proverbial door for you. They too bleed purple and gold. They too like to attend Golden Hawks games. They too crossed the stage on graduation day and wondered what their next steps would be. Find them on LinkedIn (Laurier Alumni, Official Group), attend our events to meet them in person, volunteer with your local WLUAA chapter or start a new chapter if your city doesn’t have one. The opportunity is yours to take. To all alumni, I would like to invite you to Homecoming. You can read more about the events at both the Waterloo (Sept. 27-29) and Brantford (Oct. 19) campuses on page 26. Tour the campus if you haven’t been home for a while, listen to one of Laurier’s legends offer a lecture, visit with old friends, tailgate at the football game. I’m coming home, are you?
I would like to extend my very best wishes and a fond farewell to the WLUAA board members and Senate or Board of Governors representatives whose terms came to an end this year, and welcome our newest members. A full list of member changes can be found on page 35. In closing, I thought I would share what the Alumni Association is working on. We are developing our Strategic Plan for the next three years. This plan will drive us forward and help us serve our growing alumni base more efficiently, and we are very excited about this process. In future issues, I will report back on the key highlights. In the meantime, feel free to reach out — the contact information is below.
Marc Henein ’04 President, WLUAA LaurierAlumni.ca facebook.com/LaurierAlumni twitter.com/LaurierAlumni mhenein@wlu.ca P.S. Watch the university’s video donor report, which features the WLUAA Board at wlu.ca/development.
WLUAA 2013–14 EXECUTIVE
Board of Directors
Helga Recek ’00
President
Kate Applin ’09
Katie Reaume ’13
Fiona Batte ’96
Karen Rice ’87
Vice-President
Thomas Cadman ’87
Maeve Strathy ’10
Sarah Cameron ’87
Marc Henein ’04 Marc Richardson ’94
Vice-President
Marie-Helene Colaiezzi ’07, ’08
Chris Hiebert ’83
Cynthia Sundberg ’94
Secretary/Treasurer
Hrag Kakousian ’01, ’09
Paul Maxwell ’07
Shirley Schmidt ’86, ’09
Honorary President
Craig Mellow ’97
Board of Governors Representatives Scott Bebenek ’85 Tom Berczi ’88, ’93 John Trus ’90
Michelle Missere ’06
Senate Representatives
Past President
Kiran Nagra ’02
Ashley Cameron ’86
Andrew Ness ’86
Megan Harris ’00
Patricia Polischuk ’90
David Oates ’70
Dr. Max Blouw Tom Berczi ’88, ’93
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