AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2005
» Welcome from Alumni Board Chair, Art Slowinski MVSC '94
» Nominate a Classmate for an Alumni Award
» Make a Gift - Support the AHS Annual Fund
» AHS Launches New Alumni Page on Web Site
» Chicago Waterways Boat Tour
» Alumni Career Center: Resumes for Today's Job Search
» Save the Date - Feb 3 UIC City and Corporate Partner Awards

Welcome from Alumni Board Chair, Art Slowinski MVSC '94
Since the last issue of @AHS launched in early June we have received many updates from our alumni. Thank you for sending your news, we really enjoy reading about your life events! On June 11, the college held its first (in many years) alumni event at the Body Worlds exhibit in the Museum of Science and Industry for all of our AHS alumni association members. The event was a huge success and would not have been possible without the financial support that membership in the University of Illinois Alumni Association (UIAA) provides every time one of our alumni joins the UIAA. I am looking forward to more networking and social events in the future. If you have a suggestion for future alumni programming please email ahsalum@uic.edu with your idea. Finally, returning AHS students will be back on campus August 22, but our new students will be back on campus on August 17 for orientation and a BBQ style lunch sponsored by Dean Tate and the college. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your summer and please keep us updated with your news.

Nominate a Classmate for an Alumni Award
Know of any outstanding UIC AHS alumni? Have they contributed to the growth and success of the city of Chicago? How about alumni who have achieved top success in their field or those who selflessly devote time and energy to humanitarian efforts? If so, then nominate them for one of the many campus alumni awards! Nominations due Sept. 30. If you think you know of an AHS alum, but need help with the nomination email ahsalum@uic.edu and we can assist. Award descriptions and nomination forms can be found at: www.uiaa.org/chicago/awards.

Make a Gift - Support the AHS Annual Fund
The AHS Annual Fund provides the college with current use funds that our dean and department heads use for immediate program enhancement. Annual fund gifts of any size from $25 to $5,000 have been used to provide student travel awards to professional conferences, upgrade instructional technology in our classrooms, improve student learning and living spaces, and have been designated to a specific scholarship or award.

To make a gift to the AHS Annual Fund, please call Caryn in the advancement office at (312) 413-0197, or visit the University of Illinois Foundation at www.uif.uillinois.edu and click on "make a gift now."

Thank you for your generosity!

AHS Launches New Alumni Page on Web Site
On August 22, AHS will launch the new alumni page on the college web site at www.ahs.uic.edu. This is the first phase in the entire renovation of the college website which will be completed by early 2006. Information you can expect to find on the alumni page includes campus and college events, volunteer opportunities, back issues of the AHS alumni magazine, and general information such as where to get transcripts.

Chicago Waterways Boat Tour
Join the UIAA for a daylong trip through the Chicago Waterway, narrated by UIC Professor David Solzman. Start downtown and travel on Lake Michigan, down to the Calumet River, through the Cal-Sag Channel and return to the city via the Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Chicago River.

The boat leaves promptly at 9 a.m. and will return between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., depending on water traffic. Coffee will be served in the morning and a box lunch will be provided. Please let the UIAA know if anyone in your party requires a vegetarian lunch or has other dietary restrictions.

Sunday, September 18
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mercury Boat Dock, Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive - River level
$75 for UIAAA members; $100 for non-members
For more information call Jennifer Lewis at (312) 996-8535 or email jlewis2@uic.edu.

Reservation deadline is Friday, September 2.

Alumni Career Center: Resumes for Today's Job Search
Resumes are essential marketing tools, and options for getting your resume into the 21st-century job market have expanded. Tune up your resume to present a strong message and to have impact statements and keywords for your occupation and industry. Be a competitive candidate, whether your resume is seen first by a computer or a person.

Wednesday, September 28
6:00 p.m.
UIAA Career Center
200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL

For more information call (312) 575-7830 or visit www.uiaa.org/careers.

Save the Date - Feb 3 UIC City and Corporate Partner Awards
UIC City and Corporate Partner Award Ceremony with a special celebration, "Commemorating the Navy Pier Experience." At this special event, the UIAA will honor the 2006 UIC City and Corporate Partner Award recipients and commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Navy Pier Campus, which brought public undergraduate higher education to Chicago. The event will be held at the Grand Ballroom of Navy Pier. Mark your calendars to attend this grand gala!