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WMAA Executive Director's Message, Summer 2006
Greetings, medical alumni! I would like to take this opportunity to officially welcome Dean Robert Golden to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) board of directors and I look forward with great enthusiasm to working with Dean Golden. In the fall we will begin to develop our next strategic plan, and Dean Golden will play an integral role in helping us determine the organization’s future direction.
The strategic planning committee and I want your participation as well. Alumni, students and friends of the WMAA will have the opportunity to provide input into the strategic plan via e-mail and the WMAA Web site.
It’s hard to believe that another academic year has passed us by already. We’ve just experienced a wonderful spring semester filled with many events and activities for alumni and students. During Alumni Weekend, we celebrated the WMAA’s 50th anniversary with many events. We honored the Class of 1956, congratulated WMAA award recipients and held four class reunions.
Graduation day for the Class of 2006 was glorious! Despite gloomy weather, magic was in the air. The day began with our recognition ceremony at the Memorial Union Theater, where UW Marching Band director Michael Leckrone joined Dean Farrell and faculty on stage for some major Badger spirit. The day ended with a grand celebration at the Monona Terrace. More than 900 guests enjoyed wonderful food, music and the camaraderie of family and friends. The event was co-sponsored by the school and the association.
Now we all look forward to the future and more exciting events, including the following.
Fall reunions
Plans are under way for reunions for the classes of 1961, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001. Class representatives for these classes have made the decision to celebrate in the fall in conjunction with Homecoming Weekend. The date for the reunions will be October 13 and 14, 2006. Some of your representatives will soon be sending details, if they haven’t already.
Homecoming
The WMAA will host its annual tailgate party the morning of October 14 at Union South before the Wisconsin-Minnesota football game. Tickets for medical alumni will be available through the WMAA office. As always, priority will be given to WMAA and Middleton Society members and class reunion attendees.
Please feel free to contact me with your ideas, issues and even concerns. You can reach me by e-mail: kspeters@.wisc.edu; phone: (608) 263-4913; Fax: (608) 262-0306 or by writing me. Please send correspondences to Karen S. Peterson, Assistant Dean for Alumni/External Relations and Director, Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association, 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705. I look forward to hearing from you!
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