JUNE 2008

In This Issue

Message from Debbie Day

Register Your New
Chapter Officers

Chapter Officers
Forum

Chapter Officer Training Teleconferences

July 1 Due Dates

Featured Staff:
Sam Albimino

David Lowe
President of the
Virginia Tech
Alumni Association

New Chapters

Football Festivities

Chapter Team

• Jebbie Crowe
• Debbie Day
• Greg Fansler
• Patty Foutz
• Lea Hamblin
• Jack Hutcheson
• Cathy Lally
• Betty Lee

The monthly newsletter is a communications tool between the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and its chapters. If you have any comments or suggestions, please send them to your chapter liaison. If you have problems with viewing the newsletter, please contact Melissa Vidmar, Communications Director or view it online.

Dear Chapter Officers,

The end of the fiscal year is upon us, June 30. It is now time to submit your annual plans, update your new officers and submit your year end financial statement.  In addition, you may want nominate your chapter for any number of superlative awards.  These awards will be presented at the annual Chapter Officers Forum on September 5.  Award selection will take place in mid July.  Many of you have already submitted your forms and I thank you.  There is additional information in this newsletter and if you have any questions feel free to contact your liaison.

I want to make you aware of a change in my responsibility.  As of July 1, I will serve the university as Director of Recovery and Support in addition to my responsibilities as Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations.  I will split my time between the two offices and continue to oversee the chapter program and work with the chapter team.  If you would like to see Dr. Steger’s memo to the university community, please click here. This is a wonderful opportunity for me and for the Alumni Association.

Please make plans to join us for the Chapter Officers Forum on September 5 and 6.  More details are below.  I would appreciate it if you would forward this information to your incoming officers.

Enjoy the rest of the summer.

Debbie Day

Associate Vice President
Alumni Relations

Please share this important information with your new chapter officers and volunteers. You are REQUIRED to have a Virginia Tech PID (vt.edu e-mail address) to access the Chapter Forms system. It's simple and just a click away. more...

Networking:
How to Engage Hokies of all
Ages and Interests

September 4 - 6, 2008 ~ The Inn at Virginia Tech
For more information and to register...

Chapter Officer Training

Teleconferences
Join the Alumni Association staff liaisons for bi-monthly (mostly) Teleconferences. Participants will be provided with a phone number to call and interact with your liaison and other volunteers from all over the country. If you are interested, please contact your liaison for the phone number.

• Tuesday, July 29
  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST
  Open Forum
  Call in with questions, comments or just to hear what other volunteers have to say.
  

• Wednesday, August 13
  11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
  Training for New Officers

• Tuesday, September 30
  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST
  Open Forum

• Wednesday, November 5
  7:00 – 9:00 p.m. EST
  Chapter Scholarships

The following items are due in Blacksburg by July 1

• Chapter Annual Plan
• Chapter Officers, Board of Directors, Committee Chairs
• Nomination for Outstanding Volunteer of the Year 
• Superlative Award Nominations
  
  Go to the chapter forms section of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association website for chapters and clubs. 

For several years Sam has been with the university in the area of University Development, responsible for corporate and foundation support - most recently within the Pamplin College of Business.  He holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the university, and brings a variety of valuable management and organizational experience from his roles in Development and his prior corporate positions before joining Virginia Tech.  Sam is responsible for providing leadership to all of our constituency and reunion programming, royalty programs, records and technology programs and management of the physical facilities of our Alumni Center.  He and his wife, Anne Collins Albimino (also an alum), have twin daughters and are active in a variety of ways within our community.

David graduated from Virginia Tech in 1963.  While at Tech, he was elected president of his class, and was the Regimental Commander of the Corps of Cadets He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and the Leader of the German Club.

Following graduation, he was employed by C & P Telephone Company (later Bell Atlantic and now Verizon) and after six months was called to active duty with the U.S. Air Force. His Air Force service continued for five years during which time he attained the rank of Captain with assignments in France and Germany.

David retired from Bell Atlantic-West Virginia as the President and Chief Executive Officer. During that time, the company achieved historically high earnings and service levels and was recognized for its leadership in economic development and private sector support to education.
 
Currently David serves as chairman of the Operating Board of the (VT) River Course, LLC, is a member of the Pamplin College Business Advisory Council, chief financial officer for the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Alumni and a board member and past president of the German Club Alumni Foundation.

David is President of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association and has made a commitment to visit several alumni chapters over the course of the upcoming year. David and his wife Sharon live in the Blacksburg area and are parents to four children (2 Hokies married to Hokies) and have 7 grandchildren.    

New Chapters

The Alumni Association is pleased to announce the establishment of several new Alumni Chapters and Clubs

• Pinehurst NC
• Northwest FL/Mobile AL
• Ashville NC
• Savannah GA
• Augusta GA
• Lubbock TX
• Fairbanks AK
• Omaha NE

Check out our football festivities page. Be sure to submit information on your local football watching parties and events to Melissa Vidmar, Communications Director, at vidmar@vt.edu.