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SEE THE RED SOX AT FENWAY WITH CUA
On Friday, July 24, the Boston Red Sox will take the field at Fenway Park and square off against the Baltimore Orioles. The Catholic University of America Alumni Association has purchased a block of tickets exclusively for our CUA alumni living in the Boston area, and we can't wait to "C.U." there!
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MEET THE CUA COACHES IN PHILADELPHIA
On Wednesday, July 29, coaches and administrators from Catholic University's Department of Athletics will visit The Field House (1150 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa.) from 6 to 8 p.m. for an informal alumni happy hour to meet and greet our CUA sports fans in the City of Brotherly Love.
There is no door charge to attend this event, so stop by after work to share a drink and hear all sorts of exciting news about CUA's athletic teams! For complete details on this event, click here. | |
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EXPLORE THE EMERALD ISLE WITH THE CUA TRAVEL CLUB
On Dec. 3–7, the CUA Travel Club will return to the Emerald Isle for our third annual Ireland Pub and Shopping Tour. Featuring plenty of food, sight-seeing, shopping and more, this is truly "a vacation as only the Irish could live it," and a great way to explore new places with your old friends!
For complete details, pricing and travel itinerary for this year's trip, click here. First-time users will be prompted to enter their unique, 10-digit security ID #. Yours is included in the e-mail copy of this newsletter. | |
Homecoming and Reunions Weekend 2009, is just a few short months away, and alumni from all across the country will be returning to campus this October. Bob Talbot, B.A. 1959, will be there to celebrate his 50-year reunion — and he can't wait to "C.U. at Home"!
We'd love to "C.U." holding one of these signs at a location near you! To print a copy of the "C.U. at home" sign, click here (link opens a new .pdf document). Then take a photo in front of your favorite off-campus backdrop (The Golden Gate Bridge? Times Square? Be creative!) and e-mail it to cua-alumni@cua.edu. Selected entries will be included in upcoming newsletters as we count down the days to Homecoming and Reunions Weekend 2009, Oct. 23–25.
CALLING THE CLASSES OF 2009, 2004, 1999, 1994, AND 1989!
Are you on Facebook? Your Reunions Class is! Visit www.facebook.com/CUAalumni to log in and join your Reunion Class Facebook Group today. It is a great way to re-connect with classmates and keep up-to-date on all of your class reunion details!
Not a member of Facebook? Don’t worry. Visit our Reunions Central on www.cuatoday.com/Homecoming.
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REUNIONS CLASSES: JOIN YOUR REUNION COMMITTEE TODAY!
Don’t let the Classes of ’54 and ’59 beat your class in attendance. Join your Reunions Committee today by contacting Meghan Comey at 202-319-6745 or comey@cua.edu. | |
The days of the freshmen "dinks" may well be gone, but the Class of 1959 is almost certain to remember this oft-maligned fashion statement of yesteryear (see next month's print edition of the CUA Magazine for a classic dink-clad group photo)! But who is this dashing young lad in his CUA best?
To let us know if you are the alumnus in the picture above, click here. If you can correctly identify yourself in this month's photo flashback, we'll send you a free CUA T-shirt!
HUNDREDS OF CUA GRADS GET "LinkedIn" WITH FELLOW ALUMNI
Don't let a slumping economy get you down! Get LinkedIn with fellow CUA alumni and start making those all-important business contacts.
New this month: In the past two weeks, 75 additional CUA alumni have joined our tremendously popular LinkedIn alumni group.
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Alumni are LinkedIn with CUA thanks to our online networking group. To join LinkedIn and start networking with fellow alumni today, click here. |
CUA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES YOUTUBE CHANNEL
The CUA Alumni Association has launched our very own YouTube channel! Now you can check out Catholic University alumni video clips and campus highlights from the comfort of your own home. To view our YouTube channel, click here.
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The first book of poetry, titled "Ode to Adulthood," by Arthienyer L. Fraser, B.A.G.S. 2004, was published by Outskirts Press on Feb. 27, 2009. Ms. Fraser resides in Hyattsville, Md.
Ivelysse Swan Powers, B.A. 2000, and her husband, Michael, welcomed a their first child, Liam Michael, on June 8. Everyone is doing well and enjoying their time together. The family resides in Nesconset, NY.
Erin Harrington Johnson, B.A. 1998, and her husband, Dennis, announce the birth of twin boys, Timothy Charles and Patrick Michael, on June 18. The twins join big sister Caroline, 3. The family resides in Lansdale, Pa.
CUA sweethearts Steve Mariconti, B.A. 2007, and Caitlin Weiss, B.A. 2007, were married on June 20 in Orchard Park, NY.
CUA remembers Mark Anthony Papa, M.Arch. 1970, who passed away suddenly on July 1. Mark was the Architect of Record for the Pentagon 911 Memorial.
CUA sweethearts George Logusch, B.Arch. 2007, and Elizabeth Debrot, B.A. 2007, were married on July 11 in Staunton, Va.
CUA is saddened by the sudden and unexpected loss of Desi Deschaine, B.A. 2001. Desi resided in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and worked as the communications director for D.C. Council member Jack Evans. | |
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They say a college degree can take you anywhere in the world you want to go. But for Eddie O’Connell, B.A. 1989 — a lifelong resident of the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area — his diploma paved the way to a dream job that was just minutes away from the place where he was born.
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Registered members of the CUAToday.com online community receive a number of exclusive benefits, including pre-sale notification e-mails to let them know when those hard-to-get tickets to select alumni events will go on sale (hint, hint). Beat the rush and be the first in line!
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CUA MUSIC SCHOOL PERFORMS IN TEREZIN
On June 30, Murry Sidlin, dean of Catholic University’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music and 120 singers, including about 85 CUA students, faculty and alumni, returned for a second time to Terezin, a small town about 45 miles northeast of Prague in what is now the Czech Republic. There, the ensemble performed Sidlin's award-winning concert/drama “Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín,” the story of the Jewish prisoners who sang in defiance of their Nazi captors.
To read the full story, click here.
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