CLAS: Alumni Communications December 2006 Alumni Newsletter
8th Annual International Wine & Beer Festival
SAVE THE DATE! ~ Saturday, April 21, 2007 ~ 4:30 -7:30 p.m. ~ Old Main, ASU's Tempe campus
Enjoy an evening with ASU alumni, staff, faculty, students and friends at the 8th Annual International Wine and Beer Festival hosted at ASU’s historic Old Main.
Guests to the event will sample a variety of excellent international wines and beer, enjoy live music while sampling delicious hors d’oeuvres, provided by premiere restaurants from around the Valley. Be a part of an exciting collection of silent auction items, including a "DJ For a Day" package courtesy of Clear Channel Radio, a beach-front vacation rental in Rocky Point, Sparky at Your Party, autographed sports memorabilia from teams such as the Denver Broncos, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Miami Dolphins, and more!
This exclusive event, held only once a year, was created to fund scholarships for students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Two $1,000 scholarships will be announced this year, and the goal is to raise enough funds to fully fund the endowment at a level which will allow the scholarships to be awarded each year thereafter. Proceeds from the event will also support a first-generation scholarship endowment.
Tickets are $50 per person and can be obtained online or by check (made payable to the ASU Foundation).
Please contact Joyce Olive at 480-965-8151 or jmolive@asu.edu for more information.
Sponsorship and silent auction opportunities are still available! If you are interested in sponsoring this important event, please contact Josh Aylesworth at 480-607-8858 or josh_aylesworth@ml.com. If you or your company are interested in participating in our auction, contact Milissa Koehler, milissa@asu.edu or Allison Gee, allison@artappraisalsbyallison.com.
Date SET for 2007 Homecoming!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 27, 2007
Hundreds of CLAS Alumni turned out for the Homecoming Block Party and CLAS Alumni Picnic this year making it a terrific event! Next year promises similar excitement with the Homecoming Parade, Live Entertainment, Interactive Games and Community Displays, the 4th Annual CLAS Alumni Book Fair and much, much more.
Books & Bears Holiday Drive
Thanks to all the alumni and friends who participated in the Annual Books & Bears Drive to benefit Valley first graders and other organizations for children in need this year. This year, the CLAS Alumni Chapter and Leadership Council made a generous donation of 25 books and bears to the holiday drive. This annual program makes an impact on our community by assisting children develop a love for a lifetime of reading.
CLAS Cares
The CLAS Alumni Chapter expanded its community service initiatives to include a minimum of one community event per semester. CLAS CARES is the name of the program designed to bring alumni and student leaders together for events that advance the College’s presence in the community as well as provide important networking opportunities. This semester’s event was held on December 4 at the studios of KAET/Eight during their December pledge drive.
The extraordinary volunteers answered viewer calls and helped raise nearly $100,000 for public television programming. The best part of the evening was the representation! We are grateful for the opportunity to have shared an incredible evening with nine different staff, alumni, and student groups: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Chapter, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Leadership Council, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Ambassadors, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Council, School of Global Management and Leadership Alumni Chapter, College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Alumni Chapter, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University Alumni Association Staff (Tempe Campus) and the Family and Human Development Graduate Student Association.
The CLAS Alumni Chapter is tentatively scheduled to do another pledge drive in March 2007. If you are interested in joining our charismatic community service group, please send an email to clasalumnichapter@yahoo.com.
SAVE THE DATE - APRIL 7, 2007 - CLAS Cares Needs YOU!
We are currently recruiting for 30 energetic volunteers to work the Mile 1 Aid Station for Pat’s Run on April 7. Anyone who is 18 years or older and is interested in representing CLAS as an alumni, student, or volunteer (or friends and family of the same) are invited to attend this event. Some of our CLAS Cares volunteers were fellow classmates of Pat Tillman. We are thrilled to have members of CLAS Cares who can share experiences that represent incredible memories of Pat from the past and hope for the future. An event registration site for our chapter will be available within the next few weeks hosted by ASU Alumni website (watch for the announcement!). In the meantime, if you are interested in joining us for this incredible event, please send an email to clasalumnichapter@yahoo.com. Open registration for individual volunteer opportunities, through the Pat Tillman Foundation, are available by visiting: http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer/jobs-by-date.tcl?event_id=143227
Opera and Literature Course to be Offered
Together with the Herberger College School of Music, the Department of English and the Department of Languages and Literatures (soon to be the School of International Languages and Cultures) an unprecedented course on "Opera and Literature" will be offered during the spring semester of 2007. Anticipating the goals of our new School of International Literatures and Cultures, this truly interdisciplinary course will focus on ten operas in modern European languages and the literary texts which inspired them. Literary specialists will present and analyze the literary source texts; experts in opera will lecture on the operas themselves. This course is open to all alumni and friends of the ASU community. For more information, please visit http://www.public.asu.edu/~speyton/OperaandLiteratureWebSite/Opera-LiteratureHome.htm.
Become a Member of the ASU Alumni Association
Take a moment today to invest in the future by becoming an ASU Alumni Association member. The annual dues of $45 offer an affordable way to support what is becoming one of the top ranked universities in North America.
Visit http://www.asu.edu/alumni/membership or call 1-800-ALUMNUS.
Stay Connected and Keep in Contact
There are many different ways you can stay connected with the university. You can volunteer on alumni
networking projects or mentor a student, become a regional contact for alums in your area, become a CLASWorks Contact, or simply share your accomplishments with other alumni in future issues of CLAS News by entering your Class Note on our alumni update form.