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AlumNews, April 1980

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KARLA MORAN DEPARTS 1980 RECEPTION FOR GRADS -- We would like to acknowledge the departure The Faculty, Alumni, and Friends of the of Karla Moran (B.A. English, 1976) from Wright State Alumni Association are cordial the staff of the Alumnews. She departs to ly invited to attend the Reception for 1980 meet the increasing demands of her career. Wright State Graduates on Friday, June 13th Her departure creates a definite void in at the Antioch Temple located at 107 First the ranks, as she has almost single­ ·Street in downtown Dayton next to Memorial handedly produced the Alumnews since its Hall. The reception lasts from 5:00 to inception in November, 1977. Her profes­ 7:00 P.M. It will feature an open bar sional stewardship has made this publi­ and hors d'oeuvres. Members of the WSU cation what it is today. In addition to Alumni Association will present a slide State the Alumnews, Karla has made a number of show on the history of the Wright will be other significant contributions to the Alumni Association. 1980 braduates Admission for faculty and Association, and the alumni as a whole. attending free. Cost She served on the Association Board of alumni who R.S.V.P. will be $1.00. and all non- Directors from 1977 until January 1980 for friends, non-members, R. S.V.~' s will be $4.00 per person. Those including a stint as Association Secret~ry. the reception should She applied her professional talent to the who plan to attend Office by benefit of alumni generally when she was contact the Wright State Alumni instrumental in the development of the June 9th at 873-2620. bi-monthly Wrightstater. CALENDAR OF EVENTS April 21- Contemporary Landscape HELP WANTED May 15 Artists POSITIONS AVAILABLE April 22 Antiquities Day, Medical School Auditorium The Alumnews is in need of staff!! We 10:00 A.M.-3:30 P.M. need individuals to produce copy, lay up April 24-25 Artist Series/Lisa Hurlong, camera-ready copy, write articles, etc. Concert Hall, Creative Arts The Association needs help. We wish to Center 8:00 P.M. produce a monthly, quality product to in­ April 24-27 The Mikado, Festival Playhouse, form our members of Association activities Creative Arts Center and events. Communication is the life­ 8:00 P.M. blood of the Association -- contribute a April 27 Brass Choir, Concert Hall, "iP nt "b. Y Joining the Alumnews staff. If Creative Arts Center interested, contact: Alumni Affairs Office 8:00 P.M. at 873-2620. Immediate openings available. May 10-11 Mad River Arts Festival, WSU TRAVEL NEWS - BASEBALL DON'T STRIKE OUT!! and.miss a chance to join WSU Alumni Association members and their guests for a Cincinnati Weekend on June 21st and 22nd, 1980. The bus will leave Wright State's parking lot bright and early Saturday morning, June 21st and journey to Cincinnati to root the Reds to victory. We will get to see the Reds play the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2:15 game at Riverfront Stadium. Our travel itinerary includes an overnight stay at Stouffer's in Cincinnati, a buffet-style dinner at the Playboy Club, which includes two cocktails. After you attend the show at the Playboy Club you can disco the night away or return for a nightcap at Stouffer's and the alumni hospitality suite. The next day we will leave our hotel and travel by bus to Riverfront again to see the 1:45 game with St. Louis, and then we will r~turn to the WSU parking lot Sunday eve­ ning. This trip has been popular in the - CULTURE past, so sign up early!! The total cost After you've recovered from your weekend in for this weekend is $66.00 per person based Las Vegas, you might want to try something on double occupancy. Call the Alumni Office on the educational, cultural side. Members at 873-2620 for reservations. of the WSU Alumni Association, and their guests, are boarding a jet leaving from - EXCITEMENT Dayton on September 19th and heading for In addition to the Cincinnati Reds Trip, Washington, D. C. Our three-day tour of the Wright State University Alumni Associa­ the city includes two nights at the Hyatt tion has planned several other interesting Regency in Washington, an evening perform­ ~rips for the remainder of the year. The ance at Kennedy Center, and a half-day Travel Committee has a trip to Las Vegas sightseeing tour of the city. Washington scheduled for August 9-11, 1980. Join us should be an exciting city to visit during on a visit to the city that never sleeps. an election year. Our trip will return on See the lights that illuminate the Strip September 21st. after the sun goes down, from such famous casinos as Caesar's Palace, the MGM Grand, - FOOTBALL the Desert In~, the Sahara, or the Frontier. You might even see a cowboy, wearing a suit Our sixth trip of the 1980 season is a of lights, ride through a casino! Try your Football Weekend in Dearborn, Michigan, luck at baccarat, blackjack, faro or from October 31st to November 2nd. Visit roulette while you're there. Since the the historical Greenfield Village and the casinos are practically back to back, and Henry Ford Museum while you're in Dearborn, cab fares in Vegas are expensive, it's easy then branch out and explore the exciting to ramble from one casino to another. More "Motor City", Detroit; home of the Motown than gambling, Vegas is also known as the Sound. Take a bus into the city and visit entertainment capital of the world, where the five glass towers of the Renaissance top entertainers command as mµch as $125,000 Center which ~onsists of shops, restaurants per week for their glittering costumed stage and a special events area. The Center is shows. Our itinerary, which includes admis­ located along the riverfront of downtown sion to a night club show, and a Westward Ho Detroit. Try the Children's Museum, Belle Funbook, beckons us to sample some of the Isle, the General Motors Technical Center fantastic live entertainment that is or a tour of the Stroh's Brewery in Detroit. available in Las Vegas. Windsor, Canada, is located right across the bridge from Detroit. Return from your journey in time to see the Ohio State­ Michigan game on closed circuit T.V. in the Trophy Room of the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn. - ROMANCE WE HAVE MOVED The last trip of the year for the Alumni The Alumni Affairs Off ice has changed Association and their guests is a Caribbean locations, moving from the Executive Wing Cruise which departs Dayton on December 13th in Allyn Hall to the Lower Level of the and returns December 20th. Escape the ice University Center. Our new office is and snow of Dayton's winter season and join across from the Bookstore, and is Room 04& us for eight days of sun and sea air aboard Although we have lost some space initially, our own "Love Boat" cruise. We hope that you can join us on one or more we have hopes of some expansion in the of the travel events of your choice. It is future. All of the office operations are important to make reservations early. For now in one office, and our phone number further details contact the Alumni Affairs remains 873-2620. This new location will Office at 873-2620. Travel Committee allow us to be more accessible to the Chairperson is Ruby E. Hurley. students, and will help us in educating them as to who we are, and how we can help them, now and after they become Alumni. PREZ SEZ I Our on-going programs such as: The Wright:­ Elsewhere in this publication you will note stater (alumni bi-monthly news), Alumni Annual Fund Solicitation, upkeep on all a HELP WANTED appeal. This is an extension of that thought. 15,000+ alumni records, management of alumni files for departmental use ~ campus, Your Alumni Association has a continuing and facilitating alumni needs, will be need for your support. The key issue is continued from this new site. As the focal that the WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI point of the Alumni Association's involve­ ASSOCIATION is your organization, your ment at Wright State, the Alumni Affairs non-profit corporation. Its viability and Office will continue to assist the Associ­ growth are dependent upon your support - ation in its efforts in any way possible. both financial and involvement - the Some of the on-going Association projects crucial need in this stage of the Associa­ that are facilitated by our office are: tion's development is your involvement. the administration of the Award for Teach­ This involvement can take many forms, such as: (a) participation in campus activi­ ing Excellence, scheduling all committee ties -- attend a lecture (a change of meetings, supervising projects such as the pace), a play (excellent), a basketball Nutshell, America, and Graduate magazines game (exciting), or commencement (June 7); and the production of the Yearbook, along (b) participation in WSU-AA's activities -­ with any other needs of the Alumni Associa­ the 1980 Reception for New Graduates (see tion, we also handle the membership process accompanying article), a travel opportunity through the Alumni Office. As in the past, (how about Las Vegas?), or a Board of we encourage all of you to contact us about Directors Meeting (next one is May 17th in any of the above projects or anything else the University Center); or (c) assisting on we might be able to help you with. one of the Association conunittees -­ Academic Affairs, Athletics, Awards, Commu­ nications (help produce the Alumnews), Cultural, Fund Raising (help with the SAIL AWAY! annual Distance Race), Historian, Membership, Reception for New Graduates, Social (help Again this year the WSU Alumni Association plan the Annual Dinner Dance), and Travel. is sponsoring a sailing clinic for the Admittedly, some of the Association events average land-lubber. It will be held on have not been blazing successes. This was Sunday, June 15, 1980, at 1:00 P.M. on not, however, for want of trying. The Eastwood Lake. The cost is $5.00 per attendees and support personnel enjoyed person or $7.50 per couple for instruction themselves. Any lack of complete success and boat rental. The program can only was due to low attendance. A lack of accommodate 20 individuals, so sign up involvement. Why not give us a try by early. Please contact Pat Moran at the making your June 13th T.G.I.F. reservation Alumni Affairs Office, 873-2620, for with the Association, and welcome the new specifics and reservations. Remember, graduates to the fold. Who knows, as a wind power is an alternative energy source. result, you may respond to the HELP WANTED ad. '0G9G-£LB 11eo S0!l!A!PB pue 'siuaAa 'sweJ60Jd uo UO!lBWJOJU! Ja4µnJ J0.:::1 ·uo!iepossv !uwn1v Al!SJaA1un aieis i46!JM a4l ,\q Al4lUOW pa4s!1qnd S! sMauwnrv

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FIFTH ANNUAL WRIGHT STATE OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT Folks, if you want to escape the mucho stampede at Holly Hills Golf Club in Waynesville, Ohio, sign up early for this big event, Friday, June 13, 1980. Jeff Carter, Chairman of the Wright State Alumni Association Athletic Committee, is proud to announce the Fifth Annual Wright State Uni­ versity Golf Tournament sponsored by Wright State's Alumni Association. This is the first year the Alumni Association solely sponsors the tournament. Tee times start at 10:00 A.M., with 80 slots open and since DARN! ANOTHER ALUMNI BASKETBALL we would like to fill them all, spread the SEASON ENDED word. It's opened to all faculty, alumni and friends of Wright State University The Wright State Alumni Basketball League (on/off participants invited) and the cost, deserves a round of applause for their a mere $20.00 per player. If you're wonder­ efforts in making 1979-80 an eventful ing what that $20.00 fee buys you with season. We wish to pay tribute to the today's inflation, consider this -- golf following teams and respective coaches of fees, cart, prizes, refreshments (light the Wright State Alumni Basketball League. lunch) with a small percentage of that Teams Coaches donated to the Wright State University Golf A Touch of Class Randy Wilson Scholarship Fund. Ten dollars ($10.00) Beta Phi Omega Mike Shank will be considered a tax deductible contri­ Chinook E. Jennings bution. If you would like to attend and Dribblers Steve Hansell just enjoy a sociable day sans golf, the Fairborn Jocks Bill James charge will be $10.00 ($5.00 of which is Falcons John Talbott tax deductible). Look out, Sam! Group Project Ken Landington This is going to be a una derrota (runaway) Run & Gun Fritz K.nese day. Reservations and fees should be in no Spectrum Mark Klug later than Friday, June 6, 1980, at the ·wGAF Mike Lundecke Alumni Office. Remember, tee times start Yesterday's Stars Bob Murr~y at 10:00 A.M. and 4 individuals to a group The Not Ready for Alumni every 15 minutes. Dust off your clubs, League Players Craig Ellis bring a buddy, and plan to play.