Annual Young Alumni Reunion at The American Club’s Union Bar. Pictured: Anish Jain (02), Azizah Sultan (SAS staff), Paula Silverman (SAS faculty), Justin Sumarta Mu (01), and Albert Gumilang (00).
ALUMNI Gatherings Lauri Coulter, Associate Director of Alumni Relations
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he SAS Alumni Office sponsored another round of engaging alumni events over the last several months. In addition to the Young Alumni Reunion in Singapore in December 2010 and the alumni gatherings during February 2011 in Washington, DC, New York, Boston and San Francisco, we introduced a new series of roundtable discussions. Seventy alumni from the classes of 2001-10 attended the Young Alumni Reunion at the Union Bar at The American Club in Singapore, many of whom had just finished final exams at college and returned to Singapore for the holiday break. Teachers Jim Baker, Bob Dodge, Mike Cox, Paula and Rick Silverman, Mike Norman, Mark Guggisberg and Mark Clemens were on hand to chat with the graduates. Also present with her camera was the everpopular Azizah Sultan from the high school office who enjoyed visiting and taking pictures with all the former students. The roundtables in Washington, New York and Boston were a first for SAS. In each city, six to twelve people participated in a series of engaging conversations about alumni perspectives of SAS, what 40
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they were looking for from the SAS alumni office, and ways they felt alums might like to be connected with the school and one another. The discussions generated some great ideas that the alumni office is working into its near- and long-term goals. As one example, look for a new career and mentoring section on the alumni website in the near future. The February alumni gatherings were held in four cities, overlapping with the roundtables in Washington, New York and Boston. All four events had a strong turnout in spite of challenging weather. Evening meet-and-great events were held at the Asia Nine Bar and Lounge in DC, Stone Creek Bar & Lounge in NYC, P.F. Chang’s in Boston, and Straits Kitchen in SF. Check www.facebook.com/singaporeamericanschoolalumni for a complete set of pictures to see if you know the people who were there. In the next issue of Journeys look for updates from the many fabulous reunions and gatherings that were held in the summer of 2011. We invite you to send photos for inclusion in the magazine or that you would like to have posted online to alumni@sas.edu.sg.
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