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c r Siudcnl workers check the alum- ni records. Below: Paula McGuirc closes her eyes in ihoughl during the homecoming carnival. Bollom: Two lootball alumni enjoy a beer in ihc alumni tenl during halftime. Douglas Macek im 4! V - Cynthia Carmickic A Slice or Life 17
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■ ' V Bill Muhlack Anything that has something to do with the alumni of lUP ... is done by the alumni affairs office. ine aiumnr office is very famil- iar with setting up parties since they do it twice a year for home- coming weekend and alumni weekend. Douglas Macek They have a booth at the home- coming carnival and also plan a reunion for all returning alumni. Douglas Macek Homecoming Is Just Part Of It Friend Raising Is The Key I UP, our home for four years — but will you ever come back after you graduate or will you just try to forget I UP? Will you become an important part of lUP ' s future or will you abandon your alma mater? Those who do come back and even those who wash their hands of lUP are the alumni. The coordinators of the alumni functions work in the Alumni Affairs Office, which is located in Sutton Hall. There are four people who work in the office, Mr. Richard T. Wolfe, director; Mrs. Paula McGuire, administrative assis- tant; Mrs. Debra Lezanic, Sec- retary and Gail Patterson, re- cords manager. We are four people doing the work of eight, Wolfe said. We ' re the orphans up here, Mrs. McGuire said. And we are expected to do it all. And that is what they do. Anything that has something to do with the alumni of lUP, those who graduated from I UP from 1920 ' s to the 1980 ' s, is done by alumni affairs office. The biggest job which they do is keeping the files of the alumni current. The records manager is on the phone con- stantly trying to locate lost alumni, Wolfe said. We used to count on the post office for address changes, Mrs. McGuire add- ed. But a few times our litera- ture would come back with DECEASED printed on it. Af- ter this happened we reported them deceased to our alumni. One of the so called deceased people called in to tell us, ' I ' m very much alive. ' They have 60,000 alumni on file. These people are located all over the United States. We have alumni chapters all over Pennsylvania and other states, Mrs. McGuire said. We keep in close contact with them. Mrs. McGuire just sent out a 60-page booklet compiled by the office which contains sug- gested bylaws, a constitution and ideas for events and parties. The alumni office is very fa- miliar with setting up parties since they do it twice a year for homecoming weekend and alumni weekend. They have a booth at the homecoming carnival and they also plan a reunion for all re- turning alumni. The alumni of- fice also chooses three academ- ic departments to honor a graduate of their department during Homecoming Week- end. These three Alumni Am- bassadors speak in the classes in their department. The ambassadors are cho- sen by a committee from their department on the basis of their aspired excellence in their careers, Mrs. McGuire said. I think the students who are here benefit a lot from the ad- vice the ambassadors can give them about the careers avail- able in the field, she added. The alumni weekend which takes place in June every yeai invites the alumni on a five year spand. For example, in June of 1987 anyone who grad- uated in a 7 or a 2 will be invit- ed. During this weekend a din- ner dance is held and seminars are given on such current top- ics as gourmet cooking, mixol- ogy and tax reforms. There are many other events which the alumni affairs office plans for the alumni. One of the most exciting things is the travel program. This year we ' re planning trips to the Bahamas and Las Vegas, Mrs. McGuire said. I ' m sure you think this sounds like a lot of fun for the alumni as well as the people who work at alumni affairs. It is a lot of fun but also a lot of work. Everything we do is for the alumni and the future alumni, Mrs McGuire said. We are best at ' friend raising ' , she added with a smile. -Lesley Holton
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