CLASS NEWS WEDDINGS BIRTHS IN MEMORIAM
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A LETTER FROM THE NAA PRESIDENT
DEAR ALUMNI, This has been one busy summer at Mount St. Mary’s University! The most exciting news is that Retired Brigadier General Tim Trainor, Ph.D., began as interim president on Aug. 15. You can read more about his appointment on page 14. In other good news, in May, men’s rugby brought home the NSRCO National Rugby Championship Title. In the same month, we welcomed more than 400 Mounties to the alumni family during commencement. It was heartwarming to see so many alumni celebrate their children’s graduation and continue our tradition of a strong Mount legacy. If you haven’t yet, please invite your high school-aged relatives to visit the Mount! Our sports teams, new classes, and outstanding internships continue to open doors for our graduates at some of our nation’s most respected companies. In June, we welcomed more than 700 alumni and families back to campus for Reunion Weekend. The National Alumni Association awarded Jim McAveney, Jr., C’66, and Deacon John Baker, M.D., C’52, our highest honor—the Simon Bruté Medal. Please plan to join us June 2–4 for Reunion Weekend 2017! July brought about some changes in the Advancement Office. After evaluating areas of success and areas in need of improvement, we found that communication with parents of current students was one area that needed immediate attention. Maureen Plant, C’82, now serves as the director of parent and family engagement. Furthermore, the Offices of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations merged to form the Office of Alumni Engagement. Emily Myers, C’13, MBA’15, assumed the position as director of alumni engagement and looks forward to getting to know our Mount alumni even better. Finally, I want to ask our alumni to contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at 301-447-5362 or alumni@msmary.edu if you have candidates for the National Alumni Association’s Simon Bruté Medal or the Mount Athletic Hall of Fame for 2017. I look forward to another year filled with amazing Mount memories. Sincerely,
ELLEN CALLAHAN/C’81
New Office of Alumni Engagement Names Director E M I LY M Y E R S TO E N C O U R AG E A LU M N I C O N N E CT I O N S Emily Myers, C’13, MBA’15, was recently named the director of alumni engagement for the newly created Office of Alumni Engagement, a branch of the Office for University Advancement. The plan for the new office is to strengthen the lines of communication between the University and Mount alumni. The new office combines the offices of alumni relations and annual giving in order to better connect with alumni through events, volunteer opportunities, and annual giving. Myers will now spearhead these efforts. “The most exciting part of this new role is establishing deeper relationships with our alumni,” Myers said. “I’ve always known how extensive the Mount alumni community is, and I’ve met with many of them in my past roles, but it is exciting to grow my connections and help facilitate connections with alumni.” Alumni may know Myers from her tenure in the advancement division over the past three years. She began in the Office of Annual Giving, where most recently she served as director. She also graduated from the MBA program in 2015 with a concentration in marketing. Myers began her journey at the Mount as an undergraduate student, completing degrees in history and Spanish in 2013.
PRESIDENT NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FALL 2016 MOUNT MAGAZINE
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