Alumni Board Members
I just returned from lunch with a potential new UVSC Alumni Board member. This is one of my most delightful duties. Tom Powell is our current board president and joined us for lunch too. We spent a very pleasant hour discussing family, friends and UVSC relationships while inviting our guest to join us on the UVSC Alumni Board. I’ve had several of these lunches in the past few years and most of them have lead to new UVSC volunteers and new dear friends.
The Board is having their quarterly board meeting tomorrow, so our office is busy today getting ready for the meeting. Besides the usual business of greeting and approving minutes, the group will hear reports from the various committees on which board members serve. We’ll also have a presentation by Michelle Lundell about the recruitment efforts being made by her group. They have worked very hard to promote UVSC to local and distant high schools in an effort to increase our enrollments. Their effort are paying off, as our enrollments were among the few in the state to increase.
They’ve produced numerous publications to use in recruitment efforts, including the 2007-2008 Viewbook. The Future Student pages on the website were redesigned to be more appealing. The recruitment officers attend numerous events, seeking to educate the public about UVSC. There was an event last week in Las Vegas at the Cashman Center. Alumni in Las Vegas were invited to go to the event to meet our recruitment staff. We are seeking alumni who are interested in helping with the recruitment effort. It can be fun and rewarding to meet interested students and answer their questions about UVSC while giving them firsthand experiences. This is a great chance for alumni to get involved regardless of where they live.
