Financial Report
- Balance Forward (July 1, 2008) $14,970
- Annual Revenue + $39,599
- Annual Expenditures - $33,583
- Cash Balance (June 30, 2008) = $20,986
- Alumni Legacy Endowed Scholarship $124,919
- Lifetime Dues Quasi Endowment $ 29,497
Membership
- In 2008-2009, total Alumni Association membership grew from 393 to 414, an increase of 5% from 2007-2008.
- Efforts to increase membership include monthly renewal letters (month before, month during, and month after expiration), targeted membership solicitation after alumni events, the monthly e-newsletter, and membership mailings in August and March.
- There are 22 alumni volunteers with the Alumni Association; these alumni are helping out at events, and are considered as potential Board members.
Alumni Events
- The Alumni Association co-sponsored Homecoming & Family Weekend: “The Campaign Trail” October 3-5, 2008. The “Rally at the Polls” tailgate and the men’s soccer game were attended by approximately 400 alumni and several hundred more parents, students and faculty/staff. A 10-year reunion for the Class of 1998 and a 25-year reunion for the Class of 1983 were held during the tailgate and was attended by approximately 42 alumni.
- A pre-game party was held before men’s basketball game at Randolph-Macon College; 28 people attended the party at the Smokey Pig on February 14, 2009.
- The Charter Class of the Athletic Hall of Fame was inducted on February 7, 2009. Inductees and guests enjoyed a reception, luncheon and awards presentation followed by both a men’s and women’s basketball game.
Student Relations & Recruitment
- The December 2008 Graduate Reception was co-sponsored by the Association – the Board president spoke and representatives from the Association presented senior gifts and served as greeters.
- The Association co-sponsored a financial seminar, Commencement Rehearsal and the Baccalaureate reception.
- Melissa Fowler ’09 served the Board as student liaison.
Alumni Association’s 9th Annual Scholarship Auction & Party
- The 9th Annual Alumni Association Scholarship Auction & Party was held on April 24, 2009 in the newly modernized Hofheimer Library.
- The Auction & Party raised $11,310 and four alumni were honored with Distinguished Alumnus, Alumni Service and GOLD Awards.
Board of Trustees Involvement and Communications
- Association President Kevin Dolliver served his first year as a member of the VWC Board of Trustees and Student Affairs/Athletics Committee. He is continuing on for a second term.
2008-2009 Alumni Association Board Members
- President: Kevin Dolliver ’87, Member of the VWC Board of Trustees
- Vice-President: Debbie Drees ’02, Property Manager, Davenport Group Real Estate
- Treasurer: Joan Jarrell ’96 , Executive Director (Fund Development), Bon Secours Hampton Roads
- Secretary: Darryl Perkinson ’75, Production Superintendent , Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- Past-President: Dan Mason ’88, Master Property Field Representative, Nationwide Insurance
- Josephine Adamson-Clarke ’98, Office Coordinator, Dr. Roseblum’s Spa & Laser Center
- Richard Carmichael ’86, President/Real Estate Appraiser, R.L. Carmichael & Associates
- Chris Dotolo ’91, Director of Annual Giving, Norfolk Academy
- Amy Mallett ’98, Vice President of Marketing, AAA Tidewater
- Bob Pipkin ’79, Pastor, St. John’s Baptist Church
- Lindsey Reynolds ’98, Executive Director, Democratic Party Committee Abroad
- Barrett Richardson ’81, Attorney, Richardson & Rosenberg, LLC
- Chris Stefi ’91, President, Stefi Enterprises & The WDS Company
- Faculty Liaison: Dr. Paul Ewell ’89, Professor, Management Business Economics
- Student Liaison: Leah Hammond ’10, Current Student, Virginia Wesleyan College