At the Office of Alumni Relations, we have been busy improving existing programs and events and introducing new ones.
We’ve introduced the quarterly electronic Harris School Alumni E-Newsletter, which features Alumni in the News and Class Notes;
Harris School Center, Alumni Relations, Career Services, and University Alumni Association events; and Faculty, School, and
University News. We are hosting an ambitious array of alumni events in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Mexico City, and Washington, D.C.
And next year, we will be even more active in more cities.
In Chicago, look for quarterly alumni events in addition to those you’ve come to expect: the Center for Policy Practice’s mentor
dinner in October and the University’s Alumni Weekend in June. Some events will be social, fun, and attention-grabbing, such as
last summer’s outing at the Art Institute or this winter’s alumni and student networking evening and wine class at the Tasting Room.
Other events will be substantive and significant such as this spring’s conversation with Kathryn F. Wolford (AM’81) reflecting on
public policy issues emerging in the tsunami response.
In Mexico City, we will gather yearly to celebrate our alumni and our partnerships with different organizations throughout the
country. This February’s luncheon featured Professor Jeffrey Grogger speaking on evaluating welfare reform.
In Washington, D.C., we will cosponsor annual speaker events with the Center for Policy Practice, including this spring’s
presentation by Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France, speaking on the future relationship between the EU and the US.
In March, we will continue to join you at Career Service’s reception for alumni, employers, and students, as we did this year.
And this summer, we will build on last year’s social outing with alumni and student interns.
Across the country, we’ll partner with the University Alumni Association’s Harper Lecture Series, which brought Professor
Don L. Coursey to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Tampa this fall and winter and will bring him to Denver this spring. We will
also build on the success of this past fall’s alumni reception at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
(APPAM) meeting this coming November.
The best part of my first year here at the Harris School’s Office of Alumni Relations has been meeting you in Atlanta,
Chicago, Mexico City, and Washington, D.C. I appreciate the suggestions and critiques you have provided me personally and through
the 2004 alumni survey. Please feel free to call or e-mail me with more ideas at nancyg@uchicago.edu or 773-834-4448.
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