Alumni News NAA President’s Letter DEAR MOUNT ALUMNI, It has been one of the greatest honors and privileges of my life to serve as your National Alumni Association (NAA) president. I cannot believe the time has come to write my final letter to you; these four years have flown by so quickly. My appreciation of the Mount has grown even stronger. I’ve met so many wonderful people who have become part of my Mount family. Mounties are a special breed and I’m fortunate to call myself one! When I took the oath to become your NAA president, one of my primary goals was to increase the presence of our alumni association. Four years later, I am pleased with the reach the NAA has with fellow alumni. For example, we just had the most successful One Mount One Day in our history and more voters turned out this past election than in the previous four. The NAA chartered additional alumni chapters and increased the number of chapter events throughout the regions (prior to COVID-19). When COVID-19 hit, we offered alumni webinars and have seen an increase in our attendees to our NAA meetings. I am thrilled to announce our new leadership, which you can learn more about on the following page. I am confident that they will continue my legacy by growing the engagement of our fellow alumni with the association and the Mount. I am happy that Susan Janowiak, C'81, will succeed me as president of the NAA. Sue brings 25 years of NAA experience and was executive vice president of the NAA for the past four years. Sue’s passion for the Mount will continue to engage our alumni.
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ALUMNI NEWS SPRING 2021
Though we were unable to see each other in person for the past two reunions due to the pandemic, I look forward to seeing many of you at the combined reunion weekend 2020 and 2021 in October. Registration opens in early July. Please make sure to let the Mount know you are coming! Also, don’t forget to book your rooms at one of the local area hotels. This will be my 35th reunion, and I already have my room booked! I couldn’t close my final letter without again addressing the success of this year’s One Mount One Day! Alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, administration and students raised more than $333,000 for the university. Thank you to all who participated and made this year’s giving day such a recordbreaking success. Thank you again for welcoming me as your NAA president four short years ago and supporting me throughout my two terms. This is not goodbye. I love the Mount too much, so you can count on seeing me at various alumni and university events. Go Mount!
Sincerely,
ED CARUSO, C'86 National Alumni Association President
