Happy June, everybody!
It's been over a month since I've posted, not because I don't love y'all, but because it's officially the busy season here in the Connecticut College Office of College Advancement Office (I know, the name of the department is kinda redundant overkill). It's also the sunny season, which makes it a little harder to focus than I would like (maybe I can sandproof my laptop and work remotely from the beach...). Things have definitely been crazy lately, but the end of our fiscal year is on the horizon so we're all keeping ourselves motivated with the promise of sweet, sweet vacation days, due to arrive in about six weeks (I'm blowing all of mine on day trips to the historically significant habidasheries of southern New England).
Much of the recent hecticity (shhh) has been due to Reunion 2009, which took place this past weekend here on campus. I've only worked three CC reunions thus far (plus one at Pepperdine, don't ask me why or how or when or any questions about it, really), but I can say without a doubt that this one was by far the smoothest and most successful of those of which I have been a part (wow that syntax was confusing). It was also the best-attended Reunion in the history of the College, with over a thousand alumni plus their guests back on campus. Kudos to everyone who was involved and thank you to everyone who attended, it was a blast!
I personally had a lot of fun because this year's 5th Reunion class were people who were seniors when I was a freshman, so there were plenty of familiar faces around. I decided to act professional and thus opted not to party with them, but the high-fives and hugs were reward enough for working on a weekend (plus, the $500 tip that a woman from the Class of 1949 gave me was pretty sweet as well; I blew it all on historically significant hats from southern New England).
Now that Reunion is behind me, I'll be focusing on bringing in as much money as possible for Conn before our books close on June 30. If you love CC and want to make my job easier, visit http://giving.conncoll.edu and make your gift today. I will smile!
That'll about do it from me for this episode, gang, but if you're in Boston on Thursday come see Welcome to Florida at Felt or if you're in Plymouth, MA on Saturday, see us at the Cabby Shack.
Much love!
C-Rizzle