Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wendy Kopp

Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.

These alumni are aware of funding issues confronting their initiative and are committed to accomplishing funding requirements inherent in law school start-up and operation.

This game will have a playoff atmosphere with a lot of alumni returning to watch both teams. The only difference is there will be some baseball left to play for both teams instead of the season being over for the losing team.

We are honored to have such a committed community of alumni and friends. We welcome our HPU family back to campus on this special weekend and encourage them to join in our extraordinary vision for High Point University.

We are honored to have such a committed community of alumni and friends, ... We welcome our HPU family back to campus on this special weekend and encourage them to join in our extraordinary vision for High Point University.

We have received hundreds of letters from fans and alumni who are disturbed by what they saw.

The exposure that has resulted from our recent football success has had a profoundly positive impact on NIU. Enrollment applications soared, financial support rose and student and alumni pride and participation flourished.

Jim Tressel

especially because they're Ohio State and Texas, two great schools that if you had to pick two you'd want to see play, if it's the last game you'd ever want to see in your life, it might be these two and that makes it special, two great football states, two great schools, two of the largest alumni in the world. The interest level is tremendous.

We wanted something so people who are interested in the program can stay in touch. I think it's going to be especially useful for alumni who are out of the area now.

Continue your Brown experience . . . with the Brown Alumni Association

You have aspirations of doing things, and it's kind of neat to see everything fall together. The parents and the alumni are really the people that's made it happen. Everything has kind of snowballed.

We had a good week of practice following the alumni game, made some personnel adjustments to get our best players in the most crucial spots, and our offense has been executing well in practice.

We do put out an annual report to all of our patrons and alumni every year. A lot is spelled out to the parents and also our patrons, who are so generous.

Every time we have an outsourcing forum, it's like a GE and McKinsey alumni association meeting.

We just think it is a really good way to introduce the students to the Alumni Association.

The Pro-Am has become one of our favorite events of the year and it should be a fun follow-up to our alumni reunion we held last month. The draw size has grown considerable over the last several years, which is great to see, as we take pride in recognizing our past, the present, and the future of Bronco Tennis.

Dave Checketts

The fact that we have 44 to 50 alumni that still live here and still love St. Louis ... I want those guys involved with us, working for us.

To become the best possible writer, one must keep learning and building up networks, which is why the publication and the mentors are so important. Our mentors and alumni especially provide a really good literary network that most writers cannot obtain.

I am really proud of our kids for coming out and getting our first win on our new field in style. It was great to have all the support from our parents, alumni and friends.

Funding from the Alumni Association MasterCard Grant program and a co-sponsoring from the undergraduate Student Government got things started.

Jim Tressel

If it's the last game you'd ever want to see in your life, it might be these two teams, and that makes it special. Two great football states, two great schools, two of the largest alumni in the world. The interest level is tremendous.

One of the reasons for Princeton's lower rank could be that it is a smaller school. Plus, it raises a disproportionate amount from alumni as opposed to other institutions with large corporate donations.

Craig Johnson

I was stunned . . . how many alumni told me how much he meant to them ? and not only musically. He is a real model for all of us.

I got her started, she had two vocal coaches, one an Eastern alumni and Jerry Daniels, professor of voice here, I have to give them most of the credit.

He's a person that was very passionate and really believed in what he was doing in his work life. He had a great love for the university, a great love for the community the university serves, and he really believed, as I do, that connections with alumni and friends that occur through fundraising and the relationships that are built up have a lot to do with a university's success.

Some of the guys and our alumni were talking about how great he played in that game. It was a great experience for him.

The alumni team we're going to put together will include two years before they moved to the Gardens, when they played at Ontario Arena at Western Fair and were called the CNRA London Nationals.

The alumni still come up very often to have events with us and do all that. It's a lot of fun.

The alumni game is one of the best events of the year. It is great to see a lot of the players that have done great things for the Bears over the years. I think that they will be excited about the things that are happening to Bears soccer as we move fully back into Division I. The plans for the new stadium complex are unbelievable and will give us a great new home.

Lou Holtz

The alumni buried me every week. The plots have a view of the dome. It's a better view if you're standing up than if you're laying down.

That would be the junior B London Nationals. We're planning a reunion and alumni game for Hockey Day in London in March.

My best attribute is that I handle pressure very well. My job is to see how good I can get this team to be. I went to the Touchdown Club one day, and I listened to all the different opinions from alumni and others. Then I said, 'I really appreciate your opinions, but I have no interest in them. It's kind of like me going to your work for an hour and watching what you do and then telling you how to do your job. My staff and I work 80 hours a week, and just because you think we should do this or that what kind of leader would I be?' I let the people know.

Most alumni have great memories of being at Western. It's been an easy sell on our part.