Stetson Cupola 1990-18-3

Spring 1990 Volume XVIII No.* Stetson plans reunion class celebrations The first-evet separate reunion weekend for Stetson alumni is planned for April 20-22. Classes celebrating 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 year reunions have been invited back to teclaim the campus for a celebration with their classmates. Reunion chairs for each class have been working with theit committees and the alumni office to plan a weekend packed with activities. Each class will elect class officers, have a class photo taken, and participate in the alumni convocation. "So far, we have more than 400 alumni and their families who are planning to attend. We are very excited with theit enthusiasm towatd this weekend," said Darcy Haag Granello, assistant ditectot of the alumni programs. "The highlight of the weekend will be the class dinners, where the alumni have an opportunity to telax and visit with their classmates," said Granello. "There is also (tee time built into the schedule, so people can get togethet on their own." Classes celebrating their 50 and 25 year reunion will be teceiving their half-century and quarter-century diplomas. Roberts assumes presidency of association Bill Roberts, Class of 1966, has been elected 1990-91 president of the Stetson Univetsity National Alumni Association. Roberts, president of Cable Media Associates in Tampa, has served as chapter president and district vice president, and on two committees which laid the foundation for the current board. Active in many extracurricular activities during his undergraduate days at Stetson, Roberts was sports information director, on the Reporter staff, and participated in intra- murals. "Stetson gave me a lot of nurturing, as well as education, during my undergraduate years. In the late '70s I decided to start an involvement which would help re-pay the university. I found that the Alumni Council was a group working to organize the alums to support Stetson activites," said Roberts. Roberts would like to see an increase in the number of chapter functions and the number of alumni attending these events. "By increasing the level of involvement, we will have opened good lines of communication between the alumni leadership and our members. Implementation of the admissions and career networking programs is vital to the next two years of our growth toward reaching our goals as a 'model alumni association' on a national level," said Robetts. "Ovet the long term, I would like to build a strong support organization which would keep our alums informed of events shaping Stetson, provide career assistance at a local level, and develop an alumni admissions program which will help identify high quality students," said Robetts. "I would ask each alumnus to thoughtfully evaluate his or het Stetson experience and The Roberts family is joined by Ted Doremus as they enjoy the Homecoming celebration. the excitingly unique place Stetson Univetsity fills in higher education in Florida. As the university grows in excellence, prestige, and academic reputation, each of us benefits in an incteased value to our degree," said Roberts. Now an ex-officio membet of the Board of Trustees, Roberts succeeds Ted Doremus, a Washington, D.C, attorney and a 1969 graduate of the College of Law. More than 900 alumni return for Homecoming festivities It was anothet successful Homecoming for Stetson as close to 1,000 alumni and theit families teturned to campus Feb. 23-25. Lewis Gtizzatd played to a sold out crowd in Edmunds Centet Friday evening. Saturday's events got the alumni, students, and faculty involved togethet fot the picnic and "Olympics." Friday and Satutday dinners ptovided the stage for awards ptesentations (see page 2). On the business side of the weekend, there was the annual alumni council meeting, and the new bylaws for the national alumni association wete approved at the Stetson update meeting. The expanded Alumni Council now includes teptesentatives to cover: each school ot college, the annual fund, nominations, disttict programming, campus programming, alumni services, career networking, and admissions. "The expanded volunteet base will improve communication between the different segments of the university and alumni, ultimately providing bettet setvice to each alumnus," said Gary Meadows, executive director of the alumni association. The new by-laws include atticles covering purpose, membership, dues (thete are no dues), meetings, board of directots, officers, committees, local organizations, and amendments. Homecoming 1991 will be March 1-3. ROTC unit to leave Stetson Stetson's Army ROTC unit will leave campus in May 1991, aftet 41 years of affiliation with the univetsity. The Department of the Atmy made the decision because the ROTC had not met minimum tequitements for commissioning second lieutenants, accotding to Lt. Col. William Roberts, professor and chairman of military science. Stetson is trying to make atrangements for students graduating aftet 1991 to cross-enroll at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University or the University of Central Florida for military science classes. Approximately 106 students participate in the ROTC ptogtam, including 23 with scholatships.