Alumni/Friends
Association nears goal of chartering 50 chapters
By the time you receive this Panorama we will have started a new semester. The freshmen lines will be winding their way through campus and students will be eating campus food—the great cuisine we all remember! In July, 150 freshmen came to Chile Camp, New Mexico State’s fun orientation program. They were told about traditions on campus, went on a scavenger hunt, and heard from students and alumni about how it was way back when we were in school. The alumni panel was made up of Ermelinda Quintela ’86 ’89 ’94, Steve Boudreau ’80, Bill Connor ’85 ’00, Vince Boudreau ’54 and Joe Creed ’59 ’86. What a great group! They fielded questions about athletics, famous Aggies and what the Alumni Association does. Alumni Executive Council Our new Executive Council members took office and all hit the ground running. Officers and members are: Ermelinda Quintela ’86 ’89 ’94, President Shari Jones ’80 ’82, President Elect Steve Boudreau ’80, Past President Jo Lytle ’83, Secretary-Treasurer Vince Boudreau ’54 Sandra Avalos ’93 Bill Connor ’84 ’00 Arturo Jurado ’66 William Wallace ’01 Cindy Farmer ’76 Denny Calhoun ’62 Avery Culbertson ’00 Fred Mobley ’87 ’91 Joshua Sanders ’97 Sandra Lowry ’78 ’83 Jack Ward, Ex-Officio You can continue to expect wonderful things from this group. Where Steve left off, Erma will pick up. Goals and Accomplishments In our last issue I briefly mentioned our goals. I would like to update you on a great year for New Mexico State in general. The Alumni Association had some wonderful accomplishments, too. A few highlights: Goal: 50 Chapters chartered by August 4, 2002. Accomplished: All 50! Goal: 4,800 dues-paying members in the Association. Accomplished: 4,669 dues-paying members. Goal: Increase our standing graduate programs to all branch campuses. Accomplished: Three of four on board. Grants will be ready to participate in 2003. Ohio Jon Wheeler not only found a place for the Aggie get-together in Ohio—he also chartered the Ohio chapter. Jon and several Aggies from Ohio andIndiana met for hamburgers and green chile on June 14. The group, while small, is ready to have gatherings and is looking for chances to meet other Aggies in the area. I bet if we keep sending chile, the crowd will grow. The chile was sent by the College of Agriculture and Home Economics. Silver City Chapter Chartered At the time of writing we had scheduled the following events. Unfortunately, we will have to report on them in the next issue due to printing deadlines. July 30—Senior Send-Off in Silver City Alumni in Silver City, Hal Hopson and Harold Bray, helped organize not only our new chapter but a hamburger fry for Silver City grads headed to NMSU. August 3—Ice Cream Social in Rio Arriba County In conjunction with the Rio Arriba County Fair, Roberta Rios ’73, County Extension Agent, again made arrangements for our second annual ice cream social for alumni friends. Mexican Chapter Chartered August 3—Chihuahua, Mexico An update will follow in the next issue. Philadelphia Chapter Chartered Aggies from the Philadelphia and southern New Jersey areas gathered at the home of Arnold ’69 and Lynne Feldman in Doylestown on June 8, 2002. The weather was perfect and the Feldmans’ beautiful back yard and pool area made for a perfect setting to formally charter the Philadelphia area chapter of the Aggie Alumni Association. A great time was had by all, reminiscing, visiting and poring over old yearbooks. The cans of green chile that we provided whetted appetites, and as the event concluded there was talk of an enchilada dinner for chile-deprived Aggies in the area. Our thanks to Arnie and Lynne Feldman for their hospitality, and we look forward to future events with this great group of Aggies.
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