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Hello alumni and friends of Marshall, Summer is almost over but it’s been a really busy one for me and your alumni board. There have been committee meetings and we've been planning Homecoming, the MU/WVU game tailgate, and events with our clubs in Washington, Cincinnati and Charleston, to name a few. It is very hard for me to believe I’ve been doing this job for over a year. The year has really flown by for me and I want to update you on what has been accomplished. One of my goals was for the Alumni Association to get on the radar of our students, especially the juniors and seniors, so they will want to be involved and stay involved with us after graduation. In the past we saw most of our students not reconnecting with their university for years after graduation. All over the country, universities are struggling with this issue. Our Young Alumni/ Student Recruitment committee was formed and ran with the idea of being as visible as possible to students. A brochure was designed to give to all students highlighting why to join the alumni association. We sponsored buses for the students to the MU/WVU basketball game in Charleston, we were visible at job fairs and we did an ice cream social for them during dead week of spring semester. We didn’t forget the graduate school in Charleston and were visible there to answer questions. I personally was thrilled to be at the last job fair and have at least 30 seniors ask me how to get on the Alumni Association board. I think some strides were made this year and I thank all the members of that committee for working so hard. We started the ball rolling on our new Erickson Alumni Center, so be watching for construction on our side of Fifth Avenue some day soon. Our homecoming committee has a great weekend planned for everyone and then there’s the added excitement of the Marshall movie. It’s been a busy year. Last weekend was the first board meeting of our new year with 10 new members joining us and lots of planning sessions on Saturday. The board was introduced that Saturday night at the Symphony’s last POPS concert of the summer. Our board helped the orchestra pay for fireworks and it just was a wonderful ending to a wonderful night of Roger’s and Hammerstein’s music. We, the board and myself, want to continue to make the alumni association bigger and better. Your support and ideas are wonderful and we encourage you to keep them coming. We’ll see you at the events this year. Sincerely, Sharon Porter |
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