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MEMBER BENEFITS
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As alumni of MSM-UMR. you are automatically a member of the Alumni Association and are entitled to:
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Travel Tours: Cruises and Tours that span the globe - 8 trips currently offered. See Traveling with the Miners on page 45
MSM·UMR: chairs, lamps, watches, rings, pendants, Platinum/Gold MasterCard, License plates for Missouri residents
Career Assistance: UMR's Career Opportunities Center will help you in your job search!
Alumni Association Services: Access to Alumni Office via e·mail (alumni@umr.edul. Alumni locator service to help you find lost friends. Address update service so you don't miss your MSM-UMR mail.
To take advantage of these offers, contact the Alumni Office: MSM-UMR Alumni Association Castleman Hall University of Missouri-Rolla 1870 Miner Circle Rolla, MO 65409-0650 phone: (5731341-4145 fax: (9781926-7986 e-mail: alumni@umr.edu www.umr.edu/alumni
Parents' Association recognizes outstanding parent and teaching assistant Barbara Robertson. barb@umr,edu Family Day 2000 festivities on the UMR campus included special recognition fo r two very special Parents' Association award winners: laurie Guffey, winner of the 2000 "Parent of the Year" award, and Avinash Ravindranathan, honored as the 2000 Outstanding Teaching Assistant. Mrs. Guffey, mother of UMR student Matt Lockwood, traveled all the way from Arizona to accept her award. The recipient of this award is chosen from essays submitted to Student Council by currently enrolled students. Ravindranathan made the trip from his job in Indiana to accept his award. Student evaluations of TAs are reviewed by the Academic Council Committee on Effective Teaching for the OTA award. Both awards are funded by the UMR Parents' Association and were bestowed at the Parents' Association meeting at Family Day. Recipients were also honored at half-time of the Family Day football game. Special thanks go to Len Koederitz, chair of the CET committee and to th e Student Council PAR chairs, Jennifer Song and Marty Rust, for their help with the nomination process for th ese awards.
Laurie Guffey
Avi nash Ravindranathan
MSM-UMR Alumni Association Mission and Goals MISSION The association will proactively strive to create an environment - embodying communication with and participation by MS M-UMR alumni and friends - to foste r strong loyalty to UMR and growth of the associa tion. The association wi ll increase its financial strength as well as provide aid and support to deserving students, faculty, and alumni friends.
GOALS • Assis t campus ma rketing and adm issions office with increasing student enrollment. • Improve communication with and expand the involvement of alumni especially recent graduates and current students. • Increase financial resources of the association and the university. • Strengthen alumni section activity. Increase volunteer support to the university and its students. • Provide a vehicle for coordination with various alumn i organizations . The officers and other members of the association's board of directors provide leadership and actual participation to achieve these goals and fulfill this mission. For their efforts to be a success, they need YOUR active participation as wel l, in whatever alumni activities you choose .
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