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Did you know that there are more than 2,600 "CUA Sweetheart" marriages? And that doesn't even include those countless other couples who found love while studying at CUA and have yet to tie the knot!
To celebrate these relationships, we're putting together a Wine With Your Valentine gathering. Whether you're a recent graduate or a golden anniversary alum, we're inviting you and your CUA sweetheart-turned-spouse or fiancé(e) back to campus for an afternoon wine and dessert reception on Sunday, Feb. 10. The cost for this event is $50 per couple.
For more information or to R.s.v.p. today, contact Brandon Romanchok in the Office of Alumni Relations at 202-319-5608. | | |
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Share your love of reading! Read-Across-America Day is also the birthday of everyone’s favorite author, Dr. Seuss. Join CUA students and fellow alums on March 3, 2008, at St. Anthony’s School, 12th and Monroe streets in Brookland (across from the Brookland-CUA Metro station, adjacent to Colonel Brooks’ Tavern).
Between 8:30 a.m. and noon, read your favorite Seuss book (or any book!) to a small student group and have a slice of birthday cake. To view photos from last year's event, click here.
We need readers! To participate, please call 202-319-5608.
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"C.U." ON THE ROAD... TO FLORIDA!
 Anticipating the dirty slush and bleak landscape of late winter, the alumni office is heading to Florida to gather alumni on the west coast, from Tampa to Naples. We're planning a theater evening and reception, a Red Sox spring training game, a luncheon and more!
Invitations will be mailed to all our alumni who reside in Florida but if you simply winter there, you're invited, too! If you haven't already let us know of your winter address, please email gosney@cua.edu and make sure to include your name, year and address so we can extend the invite your way.
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Join fellow fans, friends and their families for alumni Game Break Gatherings featuring free food, cold drinks, souvenir giveaways and more at each of the following games:
Sunday, Jan. 27
CUA vs. Juniata College
2 p.m. Women's Game / 4 p.m. Men's Game
$7 admission at door
Saturday, Feb. 2
CUA vs. Drew University
2 p.m. Women's Game / 4 p.m. Men's Game
$5 admission at door
Saturday, Feb. 16
CUA vs. University of Scranton
2 p.m. Women's Game / 4 p.m. Men's Game
$7 admission at door
For each "Game Break Gathering," alumni and friends are invited to gather immediately following the end of the women's game before watching the men's game. Free CUA giveaways for the first 50 kids (ages 10 and under) at each game!
For details and to R.s.v.p., e-mail Brandon Romanchok or call 202-319-5608. |
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Big changes are coming for the CUA Online Community! With registration at an all-time high, 2008 promises to be a banner year for this online gathering hub for all-things-CUA. To join in the fun, all you'll need is your security information. Yours is XXXXXXX. Click here to register today. |
"IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A PLANE! IT'S A... SPACESHIP?"
Looking for something to do when it's freezing outside? Bring your family and join us inside on Feb. 23, 2008, as we explore the wonders of the aviation treasures at the Smithsonian Institute's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
We've arranged for a tour of the museum at 10 a.m. with CUA alumnus and Udvar-Hazy docent Steven J. Paddack, B.A.E. 1959, M.A.E. 1964, Ph.D. 1973.
Tickets are just $7.50 for adults, $5.25 for kids, and free for children under age 3, and include a yummy McDonald's lunch after the tour. This event is kid-friendly, so bring the whole family!
To reserve a space for your family on the tour, please call the Office of Alumni Relations at 202-319-5608.
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D.C. Universities Young Alumni Happy Hour
Young alumni from CUA and American, Georgetown, and George Washington Universities are invited to come together for one night and toast their alma maters at the first-ever D.C. Universities Young Alumni gathering.
While details are being finalized, we'd love to hear from you. Are you interested in representing CUA on the host committee or helping us pick a location? If so, e-mail Brandon Romanchok or call 202-319-5608.
Until then, mark your calendars for Friday, March 28! Let's show those other D.C. schools that CUA alums have "pride of place!" | |
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CUA REMEMBERS MAGGIE BEIRNE, B.A. 1998
On Friday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m., CUA alumni are holding a memorial fundraiser in rememberance of fellow CUA alumna Maggie Beirne, B.A. 1998, who passed away suddenly in December 2007. The proceeds of this fundraiser will benefit her husband, Kevin Bierne, B.A. 1999, and their twin toddlers, Betsy and Martin.
This event will be held at Adams Mill Bar and Grill (Red Line, Adams Morgan). There is a minimum donation of $20 at the door, which will provide you with a bracelet for free beer and reduced price cocktails for the evening.
Kevin and his children have been shown much love following the tragic loss of Maggie this past holiday season. We thank you for your support thus far. For more information, please visit http://beirnefamilyfund.com/. | |
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The Fund for The Catholic University of America
You help create a world of possibilities for our students with your annual gifts to CUA. Please support The Fund for The Catholic University of America by clicking here. Thank you in advance for your continued support of CUA. | | |
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On Saturday, Feb. 2, enjoy an afternoon of lunch and art with your fellow CUA alumni in Philadelphia! Reserved tickets are only $40, and include lunch at Plate Restaurant (105 Coulter Avenue, Ardmore) and tickets to see the exclusive art collection at The Barnes Foundation.
The Barnes Foundation is home to one of the world's largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Renoir and Modigliani, as well as important examples of African sculpture. To purchase tickets, please call the Office of Alumni Relations at 800-288-ALUM (outside the D.C. area).
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HARTKE DECLAMATION CONTEST & RECEPTION
Join your colleagues and friends from the Department of Drama on Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the Vincent P. Walter Room in Curley Hall for a special alumni reception. Hear the latest news and updates from Gail Beach, chair of the drama department.
This event is free, but R.s.v.p.'s are required. E-mail Sarah Richards Burton, associate director in the Office of Alumni Relations, at richarsj@cua.edu to add your name to the registration list.
Prior to the reception, join CUA faculty, staff and students at 6 p.m. in the Callan Theatre for the final round of the annual Hartke Declamation Contest, a campus-wide contest in which CUA students compete to prove their oratorical skills. Please come and support this annual event on our campus calendar, and stay for the reception. |
HOMECOMING & REUNIONS WEEKEND 2008:
OCT. 10-11!
Start planning now for Homecoming and Reunions Weekend: October 10-11, 2008!
We'd love to have your help! Join the Homecoming and Reunions Committee and help spread us the word about the weekend!
The reunion years being celebrated in 2008 are: 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998 and 2003.
To sign up to help make your reunion as big and exciting as possible, contact Meghan Comey, CUA’s Homecoming and Reunions coordinator, or call the Office of Alumni Relations at 202-319-5608 or 800-288-ALUM (toll-free outside of the Washington, D.C. area).
Be sure to check our Web site in March for a preliminary schedule of events and other information as we count down to Homecoming & Reunions Weekend 2008!
On Thursday, April 24, we invite all of our Boston area alumni to a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Atlantic Ballroom of the brand-new, state-of-the-art Reniassance Boston Waterfront Hotel. Very Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M., president of The Catholic University of America, will share news from the campus. More details to follow in next month's newsletter.
The following evening, Friday, April 25, the nineteenth American Cardinals Dinner will be held at Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. Join the American cardinals, His Eminence, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Boston, and Father O'Connell, for this important scholarship fundraiser. To read the president's message about this event and to see the complete details about the afternoon liturgy and the dinner click here.
In December of 2007, old friends Jennifer Taddeo, B.A. 1989; John Owens, B.A. 1989; Audrey Wasilewski, B.A. 1989; and Mary Harris, B.A. 1990, gathered at Tir Na Nog, a small Irish pub in the heart of New York City. Audrey is a regular cast member on the HBO series Big Love, and it was the first time that many of these CUA alums had seen one another in person since their graduation!
Have you reconnected with fellow CUA alums in a neighborhood near you? Let us know. Send your name, degree year, current address, and a photo of you and your loved ones in a "far out" locale to cua-alumni@cua.edu.
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Mark Kraus, Ph.D., earned his bachelor's degree in oceanography from CUA in 1979, and he's spent a career working in the field of wildlife preservation ever since.
"It's been my experience that very few people start out with a Bachelor's Degree and make a career out of what they wanted to do. I've been one of the fortunate few. Working in the field of wildlife preservation is exactly what I wanted to do when I came to Catholic University as a freshman."
To learn more about Mark and his efforts in reshaping environmental policy in the United States, click here. |
Are you one of the alums trying to keep warm in the photo above? Last month, Alan King, B.A. 1984, and Tom Way, CUA 1980-1983, correctly identified themselves as the two alums busily unburying their snowbound VW Beetle, and won free CUA t-shirts for their efforts.
If you're one of the alums pictured in this month's Photo Flashback, let us know and we'll send you a free CUA T-shirt! Simply click here to identify yourself.
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New job? Recently married? New baby? Submit an Alumni Class Note to keep your old friends and classmates up to date on the latest chapter in your life or professional career! |
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