{"id":4595,"date":"2019-03-04T22:54:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2019-07-15T09:02:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T14:02:45","slug":"this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/2019\/03\/04\/this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"March 4, 2019: This Week in the Alumni Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-four-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:80%;width:calc(80% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.8 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last week, Alicia Otto and I attended a two-day seminar on social media marketing strategies. Neither one of us were convinced that this topic would take two days &#8211; a two-hour webinar, maybe &#8211; but two days, probably not. So, there we were, locked in a small local hotel conference room with representatives from the American Angus Association, Northwest Missouri State and St. Joseph PD. We\u2019d paid our money and we were going to learn something. And learn we did. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One suggestion (it was really more than a suggestion) was to start a blog. I was unconvinced. What would we write about? Alicia said we should call it \u201cThis Week in the Alumni Office\u201d and discuss what we do. Maybe, she continued, we even let alumni take over once in a while. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And so, here it is, the first edition. We\u2019ll talk about what we do and you\u2019ll meet the office team. We might discuss topics like: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are RSVPs a thing of the past or does society have a fear of commitment? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s Homecoming all about?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How to get the most out of your free Alumni Association membership<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Solving the mystery of alumni board appointments (and who\u2019s on the board anyway)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What the heck we do all day (you can bet Vice-President for University Advancement, Jerry Pickman will be tuned in that week)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And, we may even let alumni take over once in a while. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hope you were following our Facebook page this weekend and shared your stories of Drs. Looney, Murphy, Scanlon and Vartabedian. This week, the University plays host to three candidates who are all vying to be the fifth president of Missouri Western. As you probably know, Dr. Vartabedian announced his retirement late last summer. His last day will be June 30. Click here to learn more about the candidates: Presidential Search<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also this week, the women\u2019s basketball team will play in the MIAA tournament in Kansas City. Their first game is on Wednesday at 6 pm in\u00a0<\/span>Municipal Auditorium. Join us at Leinenkugel&#8217;s in the Power and Light District at 3 pm for a pregame rally.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Until next week, see our website to learn more about alumni events and opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-one-fifth fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:20%;width:calc(20% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.2 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-person person fusion-person-left fusion-person-1 fusion-person-icon-top\"><div class=\"person-shortcode-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"person-image-container hover-type-none\" style=\"border:0px solid #f6f6f6;-webkit-border-radius:0px;-moz-border-radius:0px;border-radius:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload person-img img-responsive wp-image-4601\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2019\/03\/colleen.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2019\/03\/colleen.png\" alt=\"Colleen Kowich\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2019\/03\/colleen-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2019\/03\/colleen-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2019\/03\/colleen.png 500w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-desc\"><div class=\"person-author\"><div class=\"person-author-wrapper\"><span class=\"person-name\">Colleen Kowich<\/span><span class=\"person-title\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-social-networks\"><div class=\"fusion-social-networks-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-social-network-icon fusion-tooltip fusion-facebook fusion-icon-facebook\" aria-label=\"fusion-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MWSUAlumni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"color:#bebdbd;font-size:16px;\" data-placement=\"top\" data-title=\"Facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\"><\/a><a class=\"fusion-social-network-icon fusion-tooltip fusion-mail fusion-icon-mail\" aria-label=\"fusion-mail\" href=\"mailto:ck&#111;w&#105;&#099;&#104;&#064;m&#105;&#115;so&#117;&#114;&#105;we&#115;&#116;e&#114;&#110;&#046;&#101;d&#117;\" target=\"_self\" style=\"color:#bebdbd;font-size:16px;\" data-placement=\"top\" data-title=\"Mail\" title=\"Mail\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-content fusion-clearfix\">Director of Alumni Relations<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4595"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5099,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions\/5099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}