WHO ARE SNOW COLLEGE ALUMNI? By Kay Christensen (’56) Alumni Association Board President Although COVID-19 has presented many challenges in 2020 and 2021, the Snow College Alumni Association has enjoyed many wonderful experiences and accomplishments. We participated with the College’s Foundation Board to help raise $5 million in scholarship money to help students with financial need. We are actively participating with the College’s enrollment and recruitment efforts, with a focus on culturally diverse students who live within Snow College’s six-county service area. We are also recognizing distinguished alumni who have made wonderful contributions in their communities. It has been our pleasure this past year to raise alumni family scholarship funds to help students who have had parents or grandparents attend Snow College. We have pushed forward with our major initiative to give families the opportunity to set up their own family scholarship funds at Snow College. This can be done with a $35,000 initial contribution. The goal is to invite families to establish a perpetual scholarship and encourage their descendants to attend Snow College using the interest earned on the $35,000. Following legal guidelines, the families can establish the criteria for determining preference of those who will qualify to receive scholarships. There are other exciting activities the alumni are participating with at Snow College, including helping students during Homecoming, judging various business department activities, and encouraging high school seniors to attend Snow. As the Alumni Board has served the graduates (past, present, and future) of Snow College, I have given much thought as to what it means to be alumni. According to the Webster’s New College Dictionary, an alumnus is “a person … who attended or is a graduate of a particular school, college, etc.” Thus, the next question I pondered upon was, “Who are Snow College Alumni?” Here are some answers I came up with: 2 0 2 1 | S N O W CO L L EG E M AG A Z I N E
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They are individuals who have grown physically, intellectually, and socially because of their experiences at Snow.
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They have been taught by interested teachers who have sought the best for their students, going the extra mile to help students succeed.
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They have made new friends, many of whom will be lifelong associates.
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They, in many instances, have fallen in love and married another Snow student or graduate.
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They have often, with help from great coaches, teachers, or mentors, improved their athletic skills or artistic talents and have learned the discipline associated with hard work and achievement.
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They have qualified themselves to enter into any schools of higher education in the state of Utah, and most other schools in the United States.
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They have learned to love Snow College and their experiences there.
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They have learned more about how to get along with people – to give and take, compromise, and survive.
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They have learned the value of hard work and the need for it.
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They have honed their skills and ability to study that will go with them into the future and bless their lives wherever they go and in whatever they do.
Kay Christensen
You are part of a unique and grand group of people who can with pride say, WE ARE ALUMNI OF SNOW COLLEGE! 35
