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virtual alumni events Chung, Chief Epidemiologist for the Acute Communicable Disease Division of the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services. Nearly 120 guests signed up to hear Dr. Chung discuss the ongoing impact of the pandemic worldwide and Nurse Julie explain the current health and safety protocols followed on campus. Dr. Chung and Nurse Julie worked together this summer to form protocols for public and private schools throughout the Dallas area and learned that adaptability is essential amid the outbreak. “We would think that we were all done with writing a protocol, and the next day we would have new information,” said Nurse Julie. “That situation
While on-campus gatherings were paused due to the COVID-19
has been the same at school, as well. But it is just
pandemic, the shift from in-person events to virtual programs
part of the COVID experience, and we learn to be
provided new opportunities for members of the St. Mark’s
flexible and go with the flow.”
alumni community.
The second installment of the series on October To strengthen the renowned Marksmen network,
29 featured an interview with Clark Hunt ’83,
the Alumni Board and Office of Development
Chairman and CEO of the Super Bowl Champion
& Alumni Relations have partnered to continue
Kansas City Chiefs and former President of
creating engaging content focused on reconnecting
St. Mark’s Board of Trustees. With more than 300
alumni to the School and with one another.
registered for the event, Clark offered a glimpse into the business side of sports and highlighted the
“The virtual events have been a great way for the
lasting impact of St. Mark’s on his life and career.
St. Mark’s community to stay connected and engaged despite the physical separation,” said
“I can confidently say that the experiences I went on
Robbie Baty ’02, Chair of the Activities & Alumni
to have at SMU, both academically and athletically,
Weekend Committee. “One of the highlights of the
and in my career would not have been possible
virtual events is that alums and other community
without St. Mark’s in my life,” said Clark. “We want
members from across the country are able to
everybody who works for the Chiefs to be focused
participate in the events, whereas in the past they
on giving back to the community, uniting the
weren’t able to enjoy the speaker series if they
community, and treating everybody in the building
weren’t in Dallas.”
with respect. Those are certainly lessons that I can say go all the way back to St. Mark’s.”
One of the most celebrated alumni events, the Alumni Leadership Speaker Series, successfully
The Alumni Leadership Speaker Series will
transitioned to the virtual stage. The first
conclude with the final installment of the series
installment of the series took place on September
in the spring of 2021, hopefully with a return to
24 and featured a conversation with St. Mark's
campus. Whatever the future holds, St. Mark’s will
School Nurse Julie Doerge, R.N. and Dr. Wendy
continue to strengthen the bonds of its community.
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