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Young Alumni
Life after college can seem overwhelming. Whatever you plan to do next, whether it’s starting a career, continuing your education, moving to a new city or something entirely different, you are sure to face a challenge or two on your path to success. Luckily, you’re not alone. This is a time of excitement and opportunity, and the Morningside Alumni Relations Office will be there every step of the way.
There are many ways to stay connected with the Mustang Family. Morningside’s Young Alumni participate in social, educational and networking opportunities with fellow alumni and students. Past events include Business After Hours, hockey and football games, concerts, Homecoming and so much more.
Below is a list of the cities where we are going in the next year, so please be on the lookout for emails and invitations regarding some great events. You won’t want to miss these opportunities:
Omaha – February 2015
Des Moines – April 2015
We look forward to seeing you in these cities in the coming year!
Molli Ginger
Alumni Relations ‘03
Chapters Update: Bring Morningside College to You
Greetings from Morningside College!
The Alumni Chapters Program was established in order to engage alumni who live outside Iowa and its contiguous states. A collaborative effort between the Alumni Board of Directors and Office of Alumni Relations, chapters are centered on alumni who volunteer to run events in their own communities. It provides opportunities for alumni to maintain an active role in leadership and engagement with Morningside.
The goals of the Alumni Chapters Program are to establish and maintain a closer connection between the college and alumni, to keep alumni updated and informed about the progress and changes at the institution, and to give alumni a variety of opportunities to interact with each other while engaging with the college in meaningful ways.
We began work on this program in October 2013. As the Chapter Advisor for this program, I work closely with Julie Eickhoff ’89, who is the Chapter Liaison and a part of the Alumni Executive Board. By July 2014, we had launched the Denver Chapter. This Chapter is led by Jim Guttau ’00 and Phil Lieder ’07. We held the first event at the Four Seasons hotel and experienced a positive turnout. In September, we launched the San Francisco Chapter, which is led by Brian Clarke ’97.
The latest chapter we launched was in Kansas City this past weekend. We had a great turnout of alumni, friends, and prospective students. The Kansas City Chapter activities are coordinated by Jan Harris ’84, Aaron Lukken ’93, Bart Winter ’00, Paul Berger ’03, and Alex Hirt ’14.
Our goal is to launch 10 Chapters around the country by May of 2015. We are very excited to work on this initiative and look forward to connecting with as many of you as possible at these events. Our hope is that in the next couple of years the Chapters will be self-sustaining with local alumni leadership and become an extension of Morningside College.
If you have any questions about this program, or would like more information, please feel free to contact me at: nathaniel@morningside.edu or 1-800-831-0806, ext. 5295.
Message From The Director
Howdy!
This is the inaugural monthly E-Newsletter from the Alumni Office – the purpose of which is to keep you informed on all of the activities and discussion taking place at Morningside College. You can look for it to come your way in the middle of each month.
Purposely, most items will be brief. We will highlight events, alumni, students, and share other pertinent information and photos when possible. Also, be looking for articles about our Young Alumni activities, updates on the progress of our new Chapter initiative, the latest on what the Retirement Club has been up to, and information on what your Alumni Association Board of Directors has going on. Along with all of that, an important part of this E-Newsletter is the feedback mechanism that allows you to share with us!
I hope you enjoy our E-Newsletter. Let us know your thoughts; we want to hear from you! We promise to respond in a timely fashion – no matter what.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all alumni who have taken the Alumni Survey! Please know how much we appreciate it! Your feedback on what we do and how we do it is very important to us! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Until next time,
Gene Ambroson, x ’71
Director of Alumni Relations
A Look Inside Morningside: Student Spotlight
Name: Ryan Martinez
Hometown: Hawarden, Iowa
Year: Senior ’15
Major: Graphic Design
Activities: Student Government and President of Entrepreneur Group
Future Plans: Start own business
Ryan took part in a Startup Weekend in Lake Tahoe, California, with three other Morningside students. There he created a team to put an idea he had to work. The group ended up combining Ryan’s idea and a fellow group member’s idea together to create Clockwork. In 52 hours, their idea was starting to come to life. Ryan is now partners with that fellow group member, Tito Hamze. They are currently working on launching the product. What is Clockwork? It is a mobile app for smartphones that will be used to automatically clock workers in and out when they cross over the Geothermal fence. It also keeps track of what they are doing during work. Their main target audience is construction companies, but they hope to expand to more areas in the near future.
Check out their promotional product video Here.