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Commemorate membership this month by wearing your pin As graduation ceremonies are being held across the nation, nearly 6,000 Mortar Board members will become Mortar Board alumni. To honor these members and celebrate your time in the society, the National Office encourages you to wear your pin beginning now through the last graduation ceremony, held mid-June.
Career and Graduate School Network: a useful tool for recent graduates and relocating members The Mortar Board Career and Graduate School Network was established to offer the opportunity for members and alumni who would like to make contact with other members who work in their field of interest or can provide answers to questions about a considered graduate school. Using this network, the National Office can provide members who request the information in touch with members in the area who can provide answers. As an alumni member, you can take advantage of being put in touch with others in your career field, or choose to be listed in the network as an expert who is willing to help. Don’t worry, this national information database located at the National Office is never publicly listed. Your information will only be shared with other professionals seeking contacts if you opt in to this service. To sign up to be listed in the database, simply use this easy online form. To make new professional contacts using the network, please view this instructional page then contact the National Office at mortarboard@mortarboard.org. Get involved - start an alumni chapter! In analyzing the complete roster of Mortar Board’s current collegiate and alumni members, we have created a list of the cities and states where the most Mortar Board alumni reside. With nearly 200,000 members living across the U.S., there are sure to be other members in your area. Here are the most popular cities as of April 2008:
A Mortar Board alumni chapter is a great way to meet new people and promote the ideals of scholarship, leadership and service. Many alumni chapters also choose to work closely with a nearby collegiate chapter, supporting them and co-hosting events. If you may be interested in starting an alumni chapter, let the National Office know by calling 800-989-6266 or filling out this easy online form and we’ll provide more extensive information on creating a chapter. The National Office can assist with implementing promotional chapter mailings, creating a chapter website and providing a customized mortarboard.org e-mail address. Mortar Board historical book in research stages Do you have great Mortar Board stories, photos or memorabilia? Or, would you like to serve as a chapter's permanent historical liaison to assist with the book? Please share them with the national Historical Publication Committee at history@mortarboad.org as they prepare for the publication of our centennial history book. Learn more here. |
The Forum is coming Be sure to update your address or start your subscription so you can receive the upcoming Mortar Board Forum, to be distributed in June. Members receive a print version free for their first five years out of college, if they have donated or if they are an alumni sustaining member. All other members can read online for free or can subscribe for just $5 a year using this online form. Note to members The Mortar Board National Office wants to know all about you - awards, new jobs, accomplishments, life events, and more! Update us using an easy online form or by sending an e-mail.
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Dr. Susan R. Komives currently serves as professor and program director of the college student development graduate program at the University of Maryland. She is former president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and former vice president for student development at Stephens College and the University of Tampa. She is president-elect of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education - a 37 association member consortium advancing standards of practice and self-assessment. She is co-editor of two editions of “Student Services,” co-author of two editions of “Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference” and “Management and Leadership Issues for a New Century,” and co-editor of “Handbook of Student Leadership Programs,” among others. Komives is co-founder and research and publications editor for the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs and a senior scholar with the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership. She is the recipient of both the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Contribution of Scholarship and Literature Award and the ACPA Contribution to Knowledge Award. In 2006, she was also honored with the Outstanding Mentoring Award from the ACPA Committee for Graduate Students and New Professionals and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the College of Education at the University of Maryland. She has been honored as a NASPA “Pillar of the Profession” and was the 2004 recipient of the NASPA Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member; and by ACPA with the Esther Lloyd Jones Professional Service award, is a Senior Scholar Diplomate, and as an ACPA Diamond Honoree. |
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