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UUAA Board President Newsletter

NOTE FROM SPENCE

What a great time to be associated with the University of Utah Alumni Association! All of our boards are active and involved, the University is on a roll with a Nobel Laureate, USTAR is taking shape, a new master building plan is under way, we’re about to launch the public capital campaign, and our colleges and departments are doing exemplary work. All of which means we need your help, dedication, and service more than ever.

As I write this, the 2008 legislative session has begun, and while the Legislature has been good to higher education the past couple of years, we need to continue to keep them accurately informed of the U’s needs and priorities. Of critical importance this year is the capital building appropriation for new classrooms as part of the David Eccles School of Business building.

As Alumni Association board members, we are all legislative advocates, and I hope you’ll take an opportunity to let your legislative representatives know how you feel about the University and its needs. Public education continues to get a lot of attention, but it’s important to make sure that higher education does not get left out.

Thank you for all your support, dedication, and hard work in “Linking you with the U.” Together we can help the U remain one of the great universities in the country!

Spence Kinard
President


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Board members are expected to...

  1. Serve a three-year term (except for the Student Alumni Board, which requires only one year of service)

  2. Attend one board meeting per month

  3. Serve on two or more board, association, or campus committees by assignment

  4. Attend Alumni Association functions such as Homecoming, Founders Day, Merit of Honor Banquet, and Spring Awards Banquet

  5. Support the Alumni Association through membership dues

Board of Directors

Beehive Honor Society Board

Emeritus Alumni Board

  • Alumni who attended the U 40 or more years ago and/or are at least 65 years of age

  • Forms available spring 2009

  • Web site

Student Alumni Board

Young Alumni Board

UUAA Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of 24 volunteer members—including a president and vice president, and the presidents of the four affiliated boards—plus the vice president for Institutional Advancement and the executive director of the AA.

Current members include:

Fred Esplin MS’74,Vice President, Institutional Advancement
John Ashton BS’66 JD’69, Executive Director, Alumni Association

J. Spencer Kinard BS’66, President
Sally Ware BA’65, Vice President
Lisa Ramsey Adams BS’80 BA’82 JD’86
A. Scott Anderson ex’69
Ann Bardsley  BA ’84
Des Barker  BA ’89
Bill Bennion  BS ’74
Philip Bernal BS ’66 MS’74
Dallis J. Christensen BS ’84 MPrA ’86
Heather Cooke BA’80 JD’86
Gregory Gunn BS’72 MBA’75
Karen Hale BS’80
Richard G. Hinckley BA’66
Michele Mattsson HBA’85 JD’88

Kent Norton BS’75
Larry J. Orton BS’71
Claudia Morgan Scalley BS’69
Dari Scott BS’72
Christina Jepson Schmutz BS’92 JD’95
W. Rex Thornton BS’72
Deanne Evans BS’63, President, Beehive Honor Society
Duane Hill BS’52, President, Emeritus Alumni Board
Michelle Roybal BA’97 JD’00 President, Young Alumni Board
Graham Anderson, President, Student Alumni Board

 

UUAA Board Committee Service

  • Awards and Scholarships — Selects recipients of the Distinguished and Honorary Alumni Awards for Founders Day; and the Perlman (faculty/staff advising), and Faculty/Staff Community Service awards

  • Board Development — Nominates officers and board members for the AAUU

  • Community Service — Encourages alumni to get involved in community service projects initiated by the UUAA

  • Marketing and Finance — Advises the executive director and other Alumni Association staff on financial affinity partners, fund-raising activities, marketing Alumni Association events and enhancing its outreach into the campus and the community

  • Homecoming — Oversees Homecoming, which includes interfacing with other campus committees involved in the annual week-long celebration

  • Legislative Relations — Recruits advocates (alumni, current and former faculty and staff, and students) who contact their respective state legislators to inform them of issues relating to the University of Utah and higher education, and to encourage state support

Campus Committees — Athletics, Friends of KUED-Channel 7, International Student Center, Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, Publications Council, and Red Butte Garden & Arboretum.