Information from the Alumni Association

Congratulations Class of 2008!

You’ve almost made it. In May, you’ll join more than 7,900 other UVa-Wise alumni as members of the Alumni Association.

The Alumni Association celebrates your accomplishment and hopes you will always maintain a strong tie to your alma mater through involvement with the Alumni Association. Also, one of your classmates will be selected to serve a one-year term on the Alumni Board. If you have an interest in doing this, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at alumni@uvawise.edu. The Alumni Association Board of Directors consists of nearly 40 dedicated alumni that live throughout Virginia and Tennessee. They meet on-campus about eight times per year to discuss issues of interest to the development of the College. We want you to be a very active alumni volunteer so let us know what interests you.

Alumni Events & Scholarship Funds

The Alumni Association hosts several events and activities which we hope will be of interest to you. Some of them include:

• Spring Swing Golf Tournament annually raises funds for the Association and the Athletics Department
• Football Tailgate Parties
• Super Raffle which raises money yearly for the Alumni Association and the Highland Cavalier Club
• Annual Cavalier Alumni $elebration, the largest alumni fund-raising event. Proceeds benefit the Alumni Association.
• Regional Alumni Meetings throughout Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina
• Student-Alumni Picnic
• Homecoming

The Alumni Association also provides funds for three different scholarships:

• Miners’ Family Scholarship (Five $1,000 Scholarships per year)
• Theo Gibson & Elizabeth Fugate Scholarship (Four $500 Scholarships per year)
• Scott County/Kingsport Alumni Scholarship (One $500 Scholarship per year)

One final note...

Remember that once you graduate, we hope you will keep in touch with us. We will be your link to the College, your former friends, and your favorite professors and staff members. If you ever need assistance, please contact the Alumni Office at 276-328-0128, alumni@uvawise.edu, or visit us at www.uvawise.edu/alumni.