Issue 1:
New BAC Monthly Newsletter
2010 Homecoming Reception
New Membership Cards and Annual Dues Payments
Alumni Spotlight
Columbia Barnard JAM 2011
Monday, September 27, 2010
With enormous enthusiasm we present you with the first edition of BAC Monthly Newsletter. We hope this newsletter will enable us to communicate BAC news and events to our base more effectively. We welcome and look forward to your feedback and ideas.
Over the past year, the BAC has undergone a transformation. While the BAC will always be supported by and work very closely with Columbia University Administration and the CAA, we have been encouraged to grow and become more independent. We have embraced this directive by creating a new image, logo and website and we are extremely close to being recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Once we're fully recognized, we'll have the flexibility to have events that are more frequent, better executed and less expensive for you to attend.
The Black Alumni Scholarship Fund (BASF) will continue to be managed and overseen by the Columbia University Office of Alumni and Development in conjunction with the BAC.
Our membership is no longer limited to alumni of Columbia College. The BAC is now open to graduates of all schools of Columbia University, graduate and undergraduate alike. Just this past Spring at our Heritage Awards reception, Douglas Holloway '78BUS became our first non-Columbia College honoree. If you are already a member of another Columbia affiliated alumni organization, we encourage you to join the BAC as well. Suggest events and causes that the BAC and other organizations you belong to can collaborate on.
Visit columbiabac.org and become a member. Better yet, let us know if you're interested in filling one of the open positions on our executive board. I look forward to seeing you all at the Homecoming Reception on October 23!
-Christopher Jones, '07CC, BAC Vice President
2010 Homecoming Reception
The Columbia Alumni Association and the Black Alumni Council of Columbia University cordially invite all Columbia University alumni, family, and friends to the 2010 Black Alumni Homecoming - a celebration of culture and achievements by black alumni of Columbia on Saturday, October 23 from 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. To view the full invitation online and to RSVP, please click HERE.
New Membership that the BAC will begin distributing plastic membership cards to official members of the BAC who are current on their dues. The membership cards will double as discount cards that can be presented for special pCards and Annual Dues Payments
We are pleased to announce romotions and discounts at Harlem area restaurants and businesses.
Once we are up and running with Harlem businesses we hope to quickly expand to other neighborhoods where our alumni live and work. Some of the merchants who have agreed to offer discounts so far include Jazz at Lincoln Center, Harlem Models, Harlem Applebees, Mojo, Nectar, Harlem Vintage, 67 Orange Street, Chocolate and many more to come. The card design and complete list of discounts will be announced at the Homecoming reception on October 23 and published on the BAC website.
Will will begin to distribute cards in November. To get your card make your dues payment HERE and be sure to complete the shipping address field. This is where your card will be mailed via USPS. If you are not sure whether you owe dues or not, we will be emailing you all personal communications within the next week alerting you of your membership status. If you are currently past due on your dues payment and we haven't alerted you as of now, we will not hold this against you - your membership period will be pushed forward so that you will be paid for another 12 months.
More details about the BAC membership cards will be announced at the Homecoming reception and communicated via email. If you have questions about your membership please contact us here.
Alumni Spotlight
As the Region 2 Regional Administrator, Denise will oversee GSA's work in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In this role, she will be responsible for nearly 450 federal buildings, and the acquisition and management of federal information technology systems, vehicles, supplies, and equipment.
Denise received her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University, was a National Urban Fellow, and a Charles H. Revson Fellow on the Future of New York at Columbia University.
Besides having lunch with me and constantly being confused with Niecy B'76, what has Denise L. Pease done? A better question is what has Denise not done. Most recently she served as Assistant Comptroller of Commercial Banking for New York Comptroller William Thompson. In that capacity, she was the liaison between New York City's banking and financial community and the city leadership.
Prior to joining the Comptroller's office, Denise served as Deputy Superintendent of Banks for New York State, one of the country's senior financial regulatory positions, and she has been instrumental in developing financial literacy consumer education programs. Our Denise Pease is a nationally recognized voice on consumer education, community development, and the financial industry.
If you ask Denise what she is look forward to most in the coming year I'm confident she will say going to New Orleans for the 2011 JAM! -Contributed by Wayne Turner, '77CC
Columbia Barnard JAM 2011
The next Columbia Barnard JAM weekend will take place in New Orleans on the weekend of July 23rd. The final details are still being ironed out but save the date now.
The last Jam, which was held in Washington D.C, attracted more than 250 black and Latino alumni. Most of the attendees graduated from Columbia and Barnard in the 1970s and were on hand partly to celebrate the election of Barack Obama '83CC. Among the alumni who attended the reception, held at the City Club of Washington, was guest of honor U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder '73CC, '76LAW and New York State governor David A. Paterson '77CC.
The BAC will be collaborating with the JAM committee in an effort to attract more recent alumni to the JAM. More details about the JAM will be announced as they become availabale.
Copyright © 2010 Black Alumni Council of Columbia University
.jpg)
No comments:
Post a Comment