Hello loyal readers and friends. I hope this blog finds you well and thriving. What a whirlwind the last few months have been! Most of WOU has been working remotely from their homes with the exception of several departments like our mail room, facilities services, president’s office (half days on campus), and our housing and dining folks.To those workers who have been on campus daily and caring for our essential activities and students, THANK YOU! We all look forward to returning to campus and seeing everyone in person, versus through a computer screen. How are you all doing? We’d love to hear from you, send us an email anytime at alumni@wou.edu.

We look forward to returning to campus and seeing everyone in person, rather than on a computer screen. How are you all doing? Any good news to share? We’d love to hear from you. Please send us a note at alumni@wou.edu.

Living in a virtual world hasn’t prevented us from hosting a couple of great events in May. I believe this moment in history has taught us that we are resilient, and if there is a will, there is definitely a way! In June, the WOU Foundation is hosting a virtual wine tasting event for a fundraiser for our Howl from Home initiative to raise money for Emergency Student Aid. Learn more about our fundraising initiatives here. Celebrate the success of WOU graduates by attending the virtual Commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13.

What’s new at WOU- Virtual Events

WOU Alumni Relations and the WOU Alumni Board hosted two virtual interactive events in May. President Rex Fuller was the guest of honor and talked about the current construction projects happening on campus and took questions from people via Zoom. The questions were insightful, interesting and great conversation topics. Most of them were in relation to what WOU is doing with the COVID-19 pandemic and what campus, athletics, classes and more will be like in the fall. Other questions asked about budget, caring for our students, faculty and staff and how everyone is doing. We had alumni join the conversation from Texas, Egypt, California, Alaska and other locations! It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces and have great discussions with our alumni, friends and supporters. We will host more of these events in the future. If you missed the May events, you will have another chance this summer. Thank you to those who tuned in and for your great questions. We enjoyed speaking with you. 

Career Connect Event 

On May 13, Alumni Relations and Service Learning and Career Development teamed up to host “Finding a Job During an Economic Downturn” virtual event. Three alumni who graduated in 2007 and 2009 during the last recession were guest panelists and shared their experience in finding a job during a recession. WOU students tuned in and submitted their questions to the panelists regarding what they wanted to know and to receive some advice. The conversations were great, and the participants left feeling encouraged and excited for their future. Thank you to our fantastic panelists and thank you to the students for your insightful and fun questions. We look forward to hosting more events like this in the future.