Informing, engaging and highlighting our alumni family Clark Atlanta University Alumni Vol 7 | Issue 1 | August 2011 Reviewing Our Past Achievements Looking Toward Our Future Events Fall Conference Dallas, Texas November 10-11, 2011 Homecoming 2011 October 2nd-9th St. Louis Gateway Classic From Paws to Claws September 23-24, 2011 The Fall Edition September 22, 2011 In This Issue... Director of Alumni Relations “Just Come Home”is a True Sense of Responsibility 3 CAU Schedule of Events 4 Reunions of the 1s and 6s and May The days are growing closer for you to celebrate yet another fabulous Weekend Activities Homecoming and the clarion call to “Just Come Home” reverberates through the 8 Spirit of Greatness Gala Photos campus and the alumni community. 10 ShareYour Heart Appeal 11 Social Media Communication at Its Best Clark Atlanta University’s Homecoming is a total community affair and the students – our future alumni – are feeling the excitement! Each event that has 12 Ryan Kilgore Concert been planned encompasses who we are as alumni with this year’s theme being “GRANDEUR Cirque du 13 Alumni Membership Application CAU.” Visit www.cau.edu for a full list of events from Sunday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 9. 14 CAUAA National President 15 Chapter Presidents Faculty and staff also value each moment of time spent within these hallowed halls as coming home brings a strengthened level of conscientiousness about who we are as a community. As alumni, our excursion 16 Spirit of Greatness New Application down memory lane is one that takes us back to our idealistic moments of working towards academic 17 Homecoming Hotel Information excellence with greater success, and our journey home prompts our memory of the growth in our 18 Tent Order Form socialization process that undergirds who we are today. Our expedition back to campus – whether it is has 19 Booster Information and Additional been one year, 10 years, 40 years or more – calls for a moment of reverence. Coming home allows us to Open Houses reflect on who we were, what we did and more importantly, how our CAU experience helped to shape us into who we are today. 20 Personally and Professionally Speaking 21 Featured Stories We know that the occasion of Homecoming comes but once a year, yet, anytime you return home, we 25 Love Story celebrate you! 26 Engagements, Marriages, Births, We want to hear from you because you are an intricate part of CAU’s alumni community and the Necorology University as a whole. It is important that we have the ability to always communicate with you. Please call 27 Alumni Paraphernalia us to update your records and share your personal and professional accomplishments. And, if you know of 28 Homecoming Highlights any other alums who do not receive information from the institution, encourage them to send us their updates, or you can even do it for them. Most important to us is that we have the ability to communicate with alumni and that you keep us abreast of your news and information. Second, the next level of responsibility encapsulates your rights as a member of the only permanent constituency of our alma mater. Yes, this should be worn as a badge of honor but wearing this emblem Editor: comes with responsibility to always speak well of our alma mater and to be a recruiter for us. You are a Gay-linn E. Gatewood-Jasho shining symbol of CAU; you tell our story best! Director of Alumni Relations Third, we should all support those people and things in which we believe, and we hope and trust that you Photographer believe in supporting your alma mater. The Office of Alumni Relations provides you the opportunity to Curtis McDowell give back through mentoring members of the present student body many times during each academic year. Designer: We thank all of you who have given so generously of your time and talents to future alumni. Keene Design, Inc. Also, in past publications, we have shared the many scholarships that need continuous funding to support Printer: our students. Through your generous support of special appeals such as the “Buy A Brick Program,” more Graphic Solutions than $57,000 in scholarships have been awarded to students. We still have space for your brick and there are still many students who need your help. And I would be remiss not to say thank you and express our To submit by e-mail: deep appreciation for making our conference room more functional by responding to the “Share Your Send information to [email protected]. Heart” appeal. (page 10.) Send all correspondence to: Additionally, reunion classes are beginning to respond and understand that their giving should be on an Office of Alumni Relations annual basis. To that end, this level of giving supports the policy that all gifts to the University are now Clark Atlanta University counted for class competition purposes over a five-year period. And, the flexibility of unrestricted gifts is 223 James P.Brawley Drive, S.W. needed annually from each of us in support of the University. It is imperative to respond when you receive Campus Box 2030 your requests from the Annual Fund Office via phone-a-thons and/or direct mailings. Atlanta, GA 30314 “Just Come Home” is more than just returning to our beloved alma mater. It is our covenant to share our Call us: accomplishments, to open the pathway for others to walk the road that others prepared for us, and most 404.880.8022 importantly, to give back financially to CAU. Alumni Information Line Thank you for all that you do for CAU. 866.726.8532 -Toll-Free 404.880.8099 - Greater Atlanta Area As always, I am here to be of service to you and seek your input in uplifting our alma mater. Until we communicate again, Gay-linn E. Gatewood-Jasho, CC ’81; CAU ’94 Director of Alumni Relations 2 Connections Schedule of Events September - 2011 December - 2011 22 From Paws to Claws—The Fall Edition 10-13 CAUAA Fall Conference in Dallas, Texas Renaissance Hotel 23-24 Gateway Classic in St. Louis, Missouri CAUAA Executive Board Retreat Visit the Clark Atlanta Athletics Boosters Association web site March - 2012 14-18 Founders Week via the CAUAA web site for detailed information about the Classic 17 Spirit of Greatness Gala October - 2011 April - 2012 2-9 Homecoming Week Visit www.cau.edu for a complete listing of activities TBD From Paws to Claws—The Spring Edition 7 Hall of Fame Open House Vivian Wilson Henderson Athletic Center May - 2012 School of Business Open House and Alumni Reunion 18-19 CAUAA May Weekend Ware-Wright Hall 18-21 Reunions of the Classes ending in 2s and 7s Open House featuring Ryan Kilgore and Milkshake with MSQ Albert H. Watts Alumni House *Additional information is included in the newsletter. Please visit the Office of Alumni Relations Fan Page on Facebook, the Clark 8 Homecoming Day Atlanta University Alumni Association web page at www.cauaa.org and Clark Hall of Fame Breakfast Atlanta University web page at www.cau.edu for updates. Updates are also The Parade available at the Alumni Information Line –866.726.8532 Toll Free and 404.880.8099 – Greater Atlanta Area. The Game Tailgate Area 9 Chapel Service – Alumni Sunday Held in conjunction with the celebration of the first. CAU Chaplain, The Reverend Paul H. Easley, Sr., and the IVOF (Inspirational Voices of Faith) Listen to our own radio station locally or visit the world wide web. Connections 3 May Weekend Workshop Screen on the Green Where do we go from here? Panther Mixer 4 Connections May Weekend Memorial Service May Weekend Memorial Cookout Connections 5 President and First Lady Dinner for Dedication Plaque to the Golden Sons and Daughters Atlanta Student Movement Golden Sons and Daughters at the May Weekend Reunion Banquet The Golden Breakfast 6 Connections Golden Sons and Daughters Preparation for Commencement Celebrating 70 Years at Commencement 2011 Golden Sons and Daughters 50th Anniversary Walk Connections 7 Class Gifts of the 1s and 6s – Grand Total of $449, 139.57* Legacy Class of 1941~$61,981 Legacy Class of 1951~$63,111.57 Legacy Class of 1956~$16,586 Golden Anniversary Class of 1961~$35,142 Class of 1966~$64,968 Class of 1971~$121,468 Class of 1976~$20,045 Class of 1981~$14,252 Class of 1996~$17,629 Not pictured: Class of 1946~$1,612; Silver Anniversary Class of 1986~$19,518; Class of 1991~$6,120; Class of 2001~$4,419; and Class of 2006~$2,288 *Gifts are inclusive of reunion class gifts, the Annual Fund, restricted gifts and Clark Atlanta University Booster Association contributions over a multiple of fiscal years up to May 13, 2011. Thank you to the Class of 2011 as they submit their first class gift to the University Thank You Class of 2011 and join the reunion classes of the 1s and 6s. 8 Connections CAUAA Alumni Service Awards President’s Award Clifford and O’livia Meeks, Dean Award (Social Work) (Both CC ’69) Antavius Weems, MSW, Esq., CAU ’95 Alumni Service Awards for Alumni Service Award for Arts Alumni Service Award for Education Rochelle A. Lindsey, CAU ’04 and Entertainment Dr. Clemmie Bray Whatley, CC ’71 Dr. Alice Johnson, AU ’61 CAUAA Chapter Gifts – Grand Total of $44, 540* CAUAA Chapter of the Year Atlanta Chapter – $2,000 DeKalb Chapter – $11,605 LaGrange Chapter – $1,400 Dekalb Chapter New York Chapter – $22,735 Washington D. C. Metro Chapter – $4,000 Back to Back Recipients *Not pictured: Detroit Chapter~$1,000; Houston Chapter~$1,800 Connections 9 In Preparation For Reunions of the 2s and 7s 1937 75th Anniversary – Coordination through the Office of Alumni Relations 1942 70th Anniversary – Coordination through the Office of Alumni Relations 1947 65th Anniversary – Coordination through the Office of Alumni Relations 1952 60th Anniversary – Mrs.