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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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462 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 18 BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD Report of the President of the Alumni Association Mr. Lamont introduced Mr. Roger Plummer, president of the Alumni Association, to address the board on activities of the Alumni Association over the last year. Mr. Plummer spoke to the board of the goals of the Alumni Association. Chief among these is the goal of inspiring a life-long loyalty and pride in the University of Illinois. Next, he identified the accomplishments of the Alumni Association, citing the excellent work of the Alumni Career Center in Chicago that served 12,000 alumni last year. He then cited the provision of a credit card for alumni and the development of a senior alumni program for retired persons and a newsletter to all members of the Association as other significant accomplishments of the Association. Mr. Plummer also told the board of the strategic planning the Alumni Association was undertaking. He described how the alumni had been surveyed and asked for input on what they wanted from the Association. He said that they reported that they liked the publication, Illinois Quarterly. The alumni also reported that they wanted more communication with other parts of the University. A very important recent development within the Alumni Association, described by Mr. Plummer, was the decision to change the structure of the Alumni Association Board. It formerly had 106 members. Mr. Plummer noted that it had been recently streamlined and now had 25 members. He also told the trustees that the Association has a home page on the World Wide Web and currently processes about 50 inquiries per day. Mr. Plummer stated that one of his goals as president of the Alumni Association and one of the board's goals for this year is to strengthen advocacy efforts on behalf of the University. He concluded by saying that the Association is working to increase their membership by appealing to recent graduates. To this end, he reminded the trustees that the Association participated in the new student convocation at the Urbana campus last fall and that they are working with students at the new Springfield campus. In closing, Mr. Plummer announced that the 50th anniversary of the University of Illinois at Navy Pier would be celebrated on October 19, 1996. He then thanked the board for their support of Alumni Association activities. Mr. Lamont in turn thanked Mr. Plummer for his dedication to the University. OLD BUSINESS At this time, Mr. Lamont asked Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary emeritus, to rise. He thanked Mr. Wicklund for nearly 35 years of
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