From the Director

Julie Walas

We’re pleased to welcome Adrienne Graves to the alumni engagement team at the iSchool!

DAVID BRODA DAVID BRODA Introducing a New Team Member JULIE WALAS, DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT I have some big, big exciting news. We’ve added to our alumni engagement team! Please help me give a warm iSchool welcome to Adrienne Graves! Adrienne recently joined us as the new Assistant Director for Alumni Engagement, and in the first few months, she’s been quite busy making her mark! We’ve stepped aside to watch her bring expertise in planning to our tables at our Orange Central Alumni awards ceremony and creativity and vibrancy to our annual College Colors Day celebration. She also helped to welcome back our It Girls Alumnae at our new It Girls Alumnae Reunion in conjunction with retreat weekend and has big plans for the future success of this program. As she grows in her role here Adrienne will assist in the overall strategy and execution of on- and off-campus programs, communication and services for all of our 10,000+ undergraduate and graduate alumni — YOU! Adrienne will help us grow our alumni reach by diversifying the ways in which each of you engage with our current students and by working specifically with our international and graduate alumni populations. Adrienne comes to the iSchool with eight years of alumni engagement experience. Most recently, Adrienne comes from the Syracuse University Office of Alumni Engagement. Prior to that, Adrienne spent six years at Le Moyne College as the Associate Director of Alumni & Parent Programs. Both her undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Le Moyne, where she remains an active alumni association board member and chair of the young alumni committee.

“My career has centered on alumni engagement and stewardship in the higher education setting. Within my role, I work in many facets, including event planning, marketing, employer relations, and volunteer management. Above all, I love having the opportunity to reconnect alumni to Syracuse University, and to build valuable relationships within the University network,” Adrienne commented.

We’re excited about the value and expert care that Adrienne brings to our team and we know you’ll love her as soon as you meet her.

She’s on the road with us now — at library conferences and iSchool events. I hope you get to meet her soon! Until then, feel free to send her an email welcoming her to our crew at algraves@ syr.edu or connect with her on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/adriennelgraves.

Use the enclosed envelope to make your gift and let us know about your professional and personal accomplishments, such as promotions, awards, marriages, births, and adoptions, so that we can include them on our website, or in a future issue of Connections. Also, please keep us informed of any address or employment changes.

Visit ischool.syr.edu/alumniupdate to change or submit information. Visit ischool.syr.edu/alumni to participate in the online alumni community and make a gift to the school. Information can also be submitted via e-mail to istalum@syr.edu. Julie Walas Director of Alumni and Student Engagement School of Information Studies Syracuse University 343L Hinds Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-4133

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