UMSL honors 2005 Distinguished Alumni
  UMSL Chancellor Tom George and UMSL Alumni Association President Ken Cella (BS business administration 1993) recognized Distinguished Alumni on Sept. 15 at the annual Founders Dinner. Congratulations to the awardees: Patricia A. Ford (BA history 1974), Gary Kamerman (BA physics 1976), Cranston J. Mitchell, (BS education and political science 1973), Joseph M. Vogl (BS education 1975) and Anita T. Yeckel (BA political science 1996).

Alum-Net teams up with College of Business Administration
  The student-mentoring group Alum-Net and UMSL's College of Business Administration held a mentoring program for business students Sept. 8 in the Pilot House at UMSL. Business mentors and business students were invited to attend the event, which featured free food and beverages and a panel discussion on internships. Twenty-six alumni mentors mingled with more than 50 students, answering questions about careers and life after college. UMSL alumni who are interested in becoming an Alum-Net mentor should e-mail laplantea@umsl.edu. Mentors are needed in all career areas.

STAT Takes Highest Honor at UMSL Student Life Award Banquet

The student alumni chapter, STAT, received the Best Student
Organization of the Year award at the annual Leadership Award Banquet held by the UMSL Office of Student Life on April 25, 2005.  Tailgating, the Alum-Net mentoring program, and the astounding growth in membership over the
Past year we cited as a few of the many merits that deemed this organization worthy of such an honor.  Before presenting the award, Jonathon Lidgus, graduate assistant to the Office of Student Life, hailed STAT as "a force to be reckoned with."  

In addition, STAT won the Best Campus Community Building Program award for the second consecutive year for its tailgating efforts.  The Office of Student Life noted the significant increase in student attendance and awareness of athletic events on campus as noteworthy accomplishments of the tailgating program to date. 

Incoming STAT Director of Alumni Networking and Mentoring Scott Bopp received the highest individual honor, Most Outstanding Student Leader of the Year.  Bopp served as President of the Student Government Association this year and will be proceeded by STAT's own D'Andre Braddix in that position. 

Congratulations are in order to all STAT members.  Many thanks for positively representing alumni, students, and the campus community at UMSL and for bringing greater awareness of the Alumni Association to the UMSL student body.