MESSAGE FROM THE ALUMNI DIRECTOR Dear Alumni and Friends, The Office of Alumni Relations has been very busy over the course of this academic year, nearly reaching last year’s event total in just the first half of this year. As a result, the number of alumni that we serve to engage has almost doubled! As you can imagine our office of three cannot do this alone. Through the support of our major gift officers and an outstanding Alumni Council, we have been able to hold more events, with stronger attendance and enact many more projects that strive to reach our vast constituency across the country. In particular, this year’s Alumni Council has taken a very active role in doing. In addition to their standard volunteer roles at Homecoming and various alumni events, our council members have also been striving to participate in impactful acts on behalf of the College. For example, members of council volunteered to draft letters to accepted students welcoming them to their respective school or division. In addition, during our winter meeting, each member was charged with drafting 10 postcards to parents of interested students. In these postcards they expressed their love of Westminster and vowed to be of assistance should they have any questions. Yet another impactful step council members took this past year was choosing to interview current undergraduates who had received scholarships. In turn, the council members prepared articles, social media posts or content for our e-newsletter recapping their conversations with the students. As our fiscal year draws to a close, we thank our outgoing Alumni Council President Jim Giel ’74 for his two years of service and welcome Doug Hill ’76, our incoming president. On the event front, the Alumni Relations office has enacted the use of surveys to find out what our alumni in respective regional areas want to do in terms of alumni gatherings and events. This tool has allowed us to meet our alumni’s needs and interests more fully and as a result, a stronger showing in attendance has resulted. Although our designated regional alumni committees are Lawrence-Mercer-Clarion-Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, and Erie, we welcome efforts to engage any areas of the country where alumni express interest in mobilizing the constituency around them. On a final note, the alumni office has concluded the year by assisting President Kathy Richardson with her visits to 14 different locations all over the east coast to meet and engage with alumni. We look forward to continuing these efforts as her tenure at Mother Fair continues. Titan Wishes,
Kara Montgomery Director of Alumni Relations
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