{"id":5012,"date":"2019-06-25T09:29:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2020-01-10T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:09:04","slug":"a-message-from-the-alumni-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/2019\/06\/25\/a-message-from-the-alumni-director\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from the Alumni Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>After nearly 13 years, I have tendered my resignation as Director of Alumni Relations at Missouri Western. It has been my privilege to serve in this capacity for so long and it was a difficult decision for me to make as Missouri Western and St. Joseph have truly been my home. My hope is that I leave the alumni program better than it was when I started and that a new director can make it better than it is now.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more, the job is currently posted online here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mwsu.peopleadmin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hr\/careers\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1561558627062000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHbPFFm1tOtw0wiYjyUkEk0GsFig\">https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/hr\/careers\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have worked with so many Missouri Western alumni over the years that I simply cannot list everyone. Know that I have enjoyed getting to know each of you and admire your passion and commitment. I will miss Missouri Western greatly but know that it is capable hands. The future is indeed bright.<\/p>\n<p>Go Griffs!<\/p>\n<p>Colleen Kowich<br \/>\nDirector, Alumni Relations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, After nearly 13 years, I have tendered my resignation as Director of Alumni Relations at Missouri Western. It has been my privilege to serve in this capacity for so long and it was a difficult decision for me to make as Missouri Western and St. Joseph have truly been my home. My hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012"}],"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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5729,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions\/5729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}