Rochester Badgers

Thursday, Aug 07, 2008 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Soldiers Field Park Picnic Shelter

Our 2007 Student Send-Off was great fun. This year we hope to do even better! We'll have Babcock ice cream again, some snacks, give away gifts for the new (and current) students, a t-shirt sale, and unbeatable company. Come and hear tales shared from our wise alumni, stories of student life from current students, and get to meet freshman and parents from the incoming class.

Please register (no fee) so we know about how many to expect! See the "Events" section at the right to register.

Thursday, October 23

• 4 p.m. Chapter Best Practices Session.
  
• 5:30 p.m. WAA Scholarship Reception.
  
• 7 p.m. VIP Tour of the Microbial Sciences Building
  

Friday, October 24

• Sessions run 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and include:
  
• More Web Training on e-newsletters, Web pages, the online Alumni Directory and more.
  
• Growing Engagement to connect (and track) alumni to your chapter, to the university and to each other.
  
• People Power to help your chapter identify, recruit and retain great volunteers.
  
• Research Update on the latest information about UW alumni from The Reeher
• Group to help you reach your target audience.
  
• Parade Fun march or ride down State Street with Bucky in the Homecoming parade.
  

Congratulations to board member, newsletter editor, and future VP Amber King for her selection to the IBM Corporate Service Corps. She will be spending a month in Tanzania this fall as part of a team helping to facilitate new business creation with microloans. Way to go Amber!!

Your Rochester UW Alumni Chapter once again has been named a Bascom Level Chapter. The WAA says, “The organizations have been honored as “Bascom Chapters” for providing a higher level of alumni service in their communities.” For more information, see the WAA Press Release below.
This is the second consecutive year the Rochester Chapter has received WAA's highest chapter honor. This year, Rochester is one of only 16 chapters to receive the award. Last year, only nine chapters held the honor. The award was announced Friday, Oct. 26, 2007.