the alUMni Corner FRoM yoUR ALUMNi BoARD PRESiDENT Alumni Hospitality in Knights Hall Welcome to 2013, Knights Nation! Booster Room: As a benefit to all Alumni Association members, the Booster Room, Regardless of what you located in the upper arena on the right as think of “13” as a lucky you enter Knights Hall, is open during games and has refreshments available for purchase. or unlucky number, this You must be 21 and over. promises to be another big year for Bellarmine Varsity Room: The Varsity Room, in the University, and it’s a great upper arena on the left as you enter Knights time to get involved with Hall, is reserved for President’s Society your Alumni Association. members to thank them for their generous Basketball season is in support. For information on joining the President’s Society, contact Tina Kauffmann overdrive and both our at (502) 272-8336. men’s and women’s teams are entering the thick of the all-important GLVC conference schedule. Be sure to catch some games at Knights Hall. Check out Get the e-scoop the terrific new court floor and don’t forget the Booster Room on the upper Are you receiving our email goodies arena level is available for refreshments. A number of special alumni nights are each month from the Bellarmine Alumni planned for graduates of certain decades (the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and ’00- Association? If not, you might be missing ’12) and you’re sure to see plenty of familiar faces. out on some of the great benefits, events The Alumni Association has many other activities planned as well, with a full and programs you’re entitled to as a slate of Homecoming events and the annual Trivia Knight, which has grown member! We promise to send just a few into a major fundraiser for the Alumni Association’s scholarship fund. emails per month and never to share your The alumni board has transitioned this program to a “retention” scholarship, by visiting www.bellarmine.edu/alumniemail address. Give us your current address aimed at helping bright and involved Bellarmine students continue their and clicking on “Update Your Email & education with the university and Contact Info.” i enCoUrage ultimately join our ranks as alumni. I’vemet a number of students currently the alUMni receiving the scholarship and am CoMMUnity convinced they will represent us well join us on Linkedin to looK when they enter the professional world. professionals in the alumni community,Join our LinkedIn page to network withFinally, as many Bellarmine seniors for ways to enter their final semester, I encourage the stay updated on campus news, and be give a leg give a leg up to these graduating Knights. networking events. Join our Bellarminethe first to learn about upcoming alumnialumni community to look for ways to UP to these By offering internships, inviting a student Alumni group today! gradUating to shadow at your work for a day, or Knights. you’re not hiring, you can help position a Going on a Vacation orgranting a courtesy interview even if young person for great success. Trip for Work? The experience I gained and the network I established during my senior year internship gave me a strong You can now book your next flight, hotel foundation, and I try to return the favor whenever I can. I hope you can, too. reservation or car rental through our online travel site. It works like Travelocity or Expe- dia – but every time you book through the alumni site, a portion of your purchase goes Matt Kamer ’95 to the Alumni Scholarship Fund. Visit www. mkamer@bch.com bellarmine.edu/alumni/travel for details. 46 BellarMine Magazine
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