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Corner Dear Park Alumni,
An eventful 2005 awaits! New alumni clubs are starting all across the country. A photo contest has been launched. Graduation parties are in the works. Homecoming Weekend will be celebrated with a “Party on the Point.” Prepare for a crazy, fun-filled Alumni Weekend when the Goons and the Men of Chesnut join traditional reunion groups on campus in June. You should be in good shape if you participated in the 5K run “over, under, around and through the hills” in March. And remember to practice your swing for the Golf Scramble that will tee off in September at The National Golf Club of Kansas City. You can also join our new Pirates booster club and travel with us to Italy in October. In the midst of all this excitement, we continually look for new ways to communicate and keep the Park connection strong. My daughter, Brianne, soon will join the ranks of Park alumni. Unlike previous generations, she and her classmates likely will cultivate lifelong relationships through today’s global communications. But whether alumni messages arrive via e-mail or snail mail, I am assured that the love for Park and its traditions continues on as stories of the Pirate, Old Kate, the Canary and the Wine, and the clock tower live on with each new generation. I am reminded of the song we sing every Alumni Weekend: “Our hearts go out in love to thee, Canary and the Wine; Oh may our bond of union be Canary and the Wine.” I hope to see you all in 2005.
Julie McCollum Director of Alumni Relations
Alumni Club Meetings M.B.A. The newly created Park University M.B.A. Association meets monthly in the Kansas City area and is open to all M.B.A. students and alumni. Online students and alumni outside the area can stay in touch through a special web page at www.park.edu/alumni. The group plans to network, hear speakers, share research and support the M.B.A. program at Park. For details, contact Laurie Krumrey at mbaa@park.edu. Austin Austin alumni began meeting in August with a pot-luck dinner at the home of Rachel Silvia-Kremer Carpenter, ’03. At their second meeting in October, the group
enjoyed a pizza party sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations and decided to focus on networking. John Adams, Austin Campus Center director, is working with the group, which has a page on the alumni web site where photos, announcements and contact information can be found. To join, contact Rachel at rachsc@hotmail.com. Randolph/Lackland Alumni from Randolph Air Force Base and Lackland Air Force Base met with faculty and staff in October to organize the San Antonio area alumni group. Delbert Freeborn, ’04, will help instructor Sharon Chadwell and Campus Center directors Shawndra Loving-Griffin (Lackland) and Kathleen Vann (Randolph) organize events.
To be assured of an invitation, confirm that your address is correct in the Online directory or call the Office of Alumni Relations at (800) 488-7275 (PARK). Alumni Party in El Paso Alumni met March 1, at the Hilton El Paso Airport for an hors d’oeuvres buffet and cash bar, drawings for Park merchandise, a slide show, networking and more. Plans are already underway to make this an annual event. Anyone interested in starting an alumni club or group should contact the Office of Alumni Relations for guidelines and a brochure or go to the File Library on the alumni web site and download the brochure.
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