Claire Eldridge, Vice-Chancellor of Advancement and External Affairs Introduces New Alumni Director Tammy Haskett
Our new Director of Alumni Affairs is a Western alumna with a B.S. in Business Administration. Tammy has also taken advanced coursework toward the M.B.A. at Western. Tammy comes to the Alumni Affairs position with a strong background in program development and board experience in Western's Continuing Education, Distance learning, and Summer School division since 1987. Among her many accomplishments, Tammy has built and run a nationwide Elderhostel program. Tammy also serves on numerous boards including the Executive Board of the Center for Lifelong Enrichment; Elderhostel, Inc.; and the Heritage Hills Mature Life Development Center, Inc. She is a member of the Association of Collegiate Conference Event Directors International, the Association for Continuing Higher Education, and the National University Continuing Education Association among others. Among awards she has received are the Business and Professional Women's Young Careerist Award, the LERN Award for Best Non-Credit Brochure and the Alpha Kappa Psi award. We on the Advancement and External Affairs staff look forward to working with Tammy and know that you, our alumni, will too.
Message From Tammy Haskett to Western Alumni and Friends
Western Carolina University is not only a place for students who want to make connections-both human and electronic-but also a place for WCU alumni and friends to connect both personally and electronically. I hope to begin that networking process with each of you as I begin in the position of Director of Alumni Affairs. Since WCU is taking a lead role in the nation in applying computer technology to education, we can also take the lead role in extending some of that technology to keep abreast of what our fellow classmates are doing. I hope to hear from you through this website, by phone, fax and by email as we begin this journey together. As alumni director, I look forward to coordinating a number of on and off campus activities including working with you in building our alumni chapters across North Carolina, the Southeast and beyond. My past experience here at WCU in the Office of Continuing Education and Summer School having grown the national Elderhostel program has given me the basis for how to begin an active alumni network. I encourage you to get involved in our alumni reunion groups, the Catamount Club, the Alumni Board and other advisory boards here in beautiful Cullowhee. Your support over the past years has been crucial in making a difference for future alums as the special place we know and love. Let's keep that tradition going as we promote WCU!
