WAA: Sarasota-Manatee Chapter

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Reception (cash bar) at 5:30 p.m.
Dinner at 6:30 p.m.

The Bird Key Yacht Club
301 Bird Key Drive
700 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, Florida

Program: Dhavan Shah, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin will be giving a talk on online political forums and the involvement of senior communities entitled “The Shaping of Public Opinion.”

• cooperate with WAA in promoting the best interests of the university.
• encourage qualified young people to attend UW-Madison.
• support local students attending the UW.
• provide UW-Madison alumni, parents, and students in the area with a local connection to the university.
• Foster fellowship and cooperation among alumni and friends of the UW.
• serve as a tool for networking in the local job market. ·provide leadership in the support of higher education.
• socialize in the famous Badger tradition!
• assist and support UW student and alumni organizations.
• maintain awareness of legislative developments affecting the university.

Give to the UW Alumni Club of Sarasota/Manatee Scholarship Fund. All funds collected, up to $8,000, will be matched by the UW Foundation. All proceeds will go to deserving local students attending UW-Madison.

Donate online.

Mary Lou Loughlin '49, Marie Power '50 and Perry Power at the 2007 Capital One Bowl.