CHAPTER NEWS
CHAPTER NEWS
Our fall semester kicked off and we’ve loved every opportunity to connect with Golden Ram alumni. As we look forward to welcoming our newest alumni in December, we’re excited to announce the restructuring of our Alumni Chapters.
With more than 128,000 Golden Rams, we are always seeking the most effective and meaningful ways to connect and enhance your relationship with WCU. In doing so, we have realigned our chapters into Alumni Networks for better engagement with you.
- Regional Alumni Groups | Geographically based alumni groups with global Golden Ram ambassadors.
- Affinity Alumni Chapters | Alumni chapters who share affinity or interests, degree tracks or career fields.
- Athletic Alumni Clubs | Collaborative clubs of athletic alumni who work alongside the coaching staff to provide support for current athletes and engagement opportunities for alumni.
- Alumni Councils | Alumni advisory committees dedicated to leadership, mentoring, and/or professional services and the support of student success.
Are you looking to get involved with your fellow alumni? Check out our new opportunities available through Alumni Networks. For more information on specific networks and how you can get involved, visit the WCU Alumni website.
A Message from the Alumni Association President
What a great fall semester this has been! The 2023-2024 West Chester University school year is off to a great start!
For example, the combined Homecoming & Family Weekend was a tremendous success. Not only was the weather perfect, but the Golden Rams also defeated Bloomsburg University on the football field in overtime.
During Homecoming Weekend, I was fortunate enough to meet some members of the Classes of 1963 and 1973 who were back on campus for their reunions that weekend. It was evident how much pride they had in graduating from WCU (or West Chester State College, as it was known when they graduated).
Speaking to these fellow Rams made me wonder, “What would make someone want to come back to campus 50 or 60 years after graduating?” The answer, I believe, is connections. As members of the WCU Alumni Association, I urge you to seek out, build, and strengthen these connections. It can be with people you spent time with as a student: former roommates, band or sports team members, Greek organizations, ROTC, interest groups. Or you could make some new connections by participating in WCU alumni events. Connections will make you feel even better about being one of the 128,000+ of us who are fortunate enough to be members of the WCU Alumni Association.
If you do not know where to go to start building new connections, the WCU Alumni Association and the West Chester University Foundation are busy planning numerous events for the remainder of the academic year. I encourage you to plan on attending a sporting event, the President’s Speaker Series, a play, the Fall or Spring Dance Concerts, a faculty recital, the 102nd Annual Holiday Program, and especially Alumni Weekend from April 19 through 21, 2024.
Visit www.wcualumni.org/volunteer to find even more ways you can be involved.
I hope to see you on campus soon!
Rams Up!
Patrick O’Connor M’93
President, WCU Alumni Association
WE ARE ALL RAMS FOR LIFE
and your friends at the WCU Alumni Association are excited to share our love of WCU with you. Free magnets will be available for the first 1,000 requests.
Visit wcualumni.org/feedback to request your free WCU Rams for Life magnet today
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