Alumni & Friends

Greetings to all of our SAA Alumni & Friends!

Welcome to our new SAA website. We hope to reach out to more of our alumni, faculty emeritus, and program friends than ever before during this academic year. Although there is still so much more to do here, I want to give you a brief update:

First, I want to introduce you to our SAA graduate assistant, Kristin Van Vleet. Kristin's primary responsibilities are in the areas of alumni relations, marketing, and all the miscellaneous things that I'll send her way throughout the year. Needless to say, I should have no problem keeping her busy! Originally from Marinette, WI, she received her BA in English from UW-La Crosse in May, 2008, and is excited to continue her UW-L career as part of the SAA community.

One of Kristin's first assignments has been to gather some history information about the SAA program. She met with Norene Smith & Pat Mertens to get their take on the SAA story including that fact that the program name has changed several times since 1968. Once she has everything put together, we'll add a "History" link here. Kristin would love to hear some "history" from you so feel free to share your memories and pictures with her by sending them to her email address at vanvleet.kris@students.uwlax.edu . We are especially interested in hearing from our emeritus faculty so that we can update their information and connect with them this year as well.

We are in the process of updating our alumni database and would like to hear from you. Feel free to pass this link on to others who are also graduates of the program. Please send the following info to vanvleet.kris@students.uwlax.edu :

Alumni & Friends Contact Info

Name:
Previous name (if applicable):
Year Graduated/Taught in the program:
Address:
Phone (Home/Work):
Email Address:
Current Job Title:
Employer's Name:
Additional info you would like to share

Finally, we are planning an SAA reunion during the UW-L Centennial Celebration that is scheduled for October 2009. Although the details have to be worked out, we hope to get as many SAA Alumni & Friends there as possible, including emeritus faculty who are able to join us. We'll get more specifics out as soon as we can!