Association President's Message |
TRENT CONTENTS Association President's Message The Higher Cost of Higher Education Are You Being Served? Discounts and benefits for alumni Course profile - Women in the Greek and Roman World Alumni Staff Profile - Doug Brown '71 Which Way Is Up? - Investment strategies in difficult times |
Alumni Challenge... Cheryl Davies '68 As Association President, I am very happy to tell you that with this issue, Trent magazine celebrates Volume 30, Number 1. Since 1968 the Alumni Newsletter, Alumnus and TrenT have kept alumni in touch with our university and I am proud that our alumni association has maintained the magazine as a priority over such a long time. I am also proud to welcome Trent's Interim President (1997-98), David Smith to the ranks of Honorary Alumni. The Alumni Council surprised David at our planning retreat last June with a certiÞcate of honorary membership in our association. He was very pleased to be recognized in this way and we look forward to welcoming him at Kingston Chapter events in the future. I would now like to present a challenge to all alumni who share my love for Trent. We would like you to tell us about you and your Trent experience. There has been a dramatic increase in requests at Trent, from various departments, to know much more about our alumni. We certainly have data available though the alumni records system, but we need more. We need you to tell us your story in your way. It is not surprising at Trent that the most compelling way to present information is to make it personal. Two important categories have been pinpointed. These are testimonials regarding your Trent education and the relevance of a liberal arts and science grounding and also, the provision of career path advice to current students and recent graduates. The Alumni Involved in Mentoring Students program (AIMS) seeks to put students in touch with alumni in a wide variety of careers. Students who have reviewed the data produced through the 1996 Alumni Directory (which over 2,400 alumni generously agreed to be contacted for career advice) have found it overwhelming in scope and lacking that "personal touch". We are now asking any alumni who wish to help students in this way to tell us about your career in as personal a manner as possible. If you can include a photograph, so much the better, as a picture is worth a thousand words! The new alumni web site will include an outline of the mentor proÞles we hope to establish. Please, tell us about you interests, your travels, your past jobs, your career path, your other activities at Trent, other degrees and certificates, distinctions.... Help us put the personal stories of alumni loyalty and appreciation into the heart of the campus! Thank you all in advance. I am sure that the important information that you provide will tremendously enrich the AIMS program. Let us launch this unique and valuable service, so that the Millenium will feature Trent as a leader and role model to other Universities in this most worthy area. For more information, visit the Mentoring Web page. | |
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