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from the alumni office
Homecoming: A Constellation
of SHU Alumni Stars
One of the most enjoyable items on my “to do”
list each year is contacting alumni who have been
selected to receive alumni awards. It’s a happy
job! Often, the honorees are unaware that they
have been nominated, so the news comes as a
complete surprise. That was the case this spring
for all five alumni honorees. Without exception,
the news that he or she would be honored by the
University Alumni Association rendered each
person momentarily speechless—but the conversations that followed bubbled with amazement, delight and humility.
My colleagues in athletics experience the same
thing each year when they contact former Saints
who have been selected for induction into the
Athletic Hall of Fame: conversations full of
excitement, surprise, pride, and humble expressions of “Why me?”
This fall, for the first time, Siena Heights will
recognize both our 2010 Alumni Award winners
and our 2010 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees
during Homecoming weekend, October 1-3.
The Alumni Awards Ceremony takes place Saturday afternoon, October 2; the Hall of Fame
Banquet and Induction takes place Saturday evening. Everyone—award winners, honored Saints,
reunion classes, guests, families and friends—will
come together for Homecoming Mass, the allalumni reception, and the evening banquets.
What a constellation of Siena Heights alumni
stars we’ll have on campus that weekend. Thus
the theme of Homecoming 2010: “Bright Lights
on the Heights.”
Of course, in addition to these events, the weekend will be chock-a-block full of Savvy Seminars,
sports activities, campus tours, theater, art, good
food and lots of fun. Saturday is a family-friendly
day, so if you have little ones bring them along;
they are your bright lights.
Plan to join us—whether you have ever been to
Homecoming or not; whether you’re in a reunion class or not; whether you studied in Adrian,
at an off-campus site, or on-line…whether or not
you’ve ever even been to Adrian before: Come.
Add your light to our celebration of “Bright
Lights on the Heights.”
See you the first weekend in October!
Jennifer A. Hamlin Church
Associate VP for Advancement &
Director of Alumni Relations
(517) 264-7143
[email protected]
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