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area Spartans gathered at the
Sports Café, London, to watch
the MSU-Michigan game.
Fall Reunion Weekend. Oct.
31: Beryl Falcone (right), widow
of longtime MSU Director of
Bands Leonard Falcone, is congratulated
by Robert Nelson at
her 90 birthday celebration in
the Spartan Stadium Towers.
Leonard was director of MSU
Bands from 1927-1967.
and
friends, including Tom Izzo
and MSU Provost Kim Wilcox,
attended the college’s pre-game
tailgate.
PACKAGING—Nov. 1: More
than 300 alumni and friends
attended an alumni reunion at
Chicago’s Hard Rock Café that
coincided with Pack Expo. Special
guests included MSU Provost
Kim Wilcox, former Dean Jeff
Armstrong (in photo with packaging
students) and Packaging
Director Joseph Hotchkiss. So
far, $100,000 has been raised for
the association’s scholarship fund.
SOCIAL SCIENCE—Oct. 16:
Linda Nelson, PhD ’63, faculty
emerita of Human Development
& Family Studies, is
videotaped for a Spartan Saga
during the college’s Homecoming
tailgate, which was
attended by more than 330
alumni, friends and faculty
members. Special guests cluded President Lou Anna K.
in-
Simon, Dean Marietta Baba,
Social Science Alumni Board
President Allyn Shaw and Distinguished
Alumnus Bill Livingood,
Sergeant at Arms of the
U.S. House of Representatives.
INTERNATIONAL CLUBS
ONTARIO, CANADA—Dec. 2:
About 30 area Spartans attended
a mixer at Milestone’s Bar &
Grill, Festival Hall, Toronto.
Guest speaker was Gary Hawthorne,
’78, vice president of
Finance for Ford of Canada and
a member of the Board of Directors
of the Eli Broad College of
Business Alumni Association.
UNITED KINGDOM-LONDON—
Oct. 9: Club President Gail Sulkes
was among some two dozen
ALUMNI INTEREST GROUPS
ALUMNI BAND—Sep. 25:
Some 300 alumni attended the
Alumni Band’s 40th Annual
MSU COMMUNITY CLUB
PARTNERS WITH MSUAA
A wine and cheese benefit to
raise funds for Spartan Scholarships,
sponsored by the then
Faculty Folk Club and MSU
Alumni Association in 1987,
has evolved into the popular
“Taste of the Town,” which will
be held at the Henry Center for
Executive Development from
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday
April 9, 2011. Twenty-five local
establishments will be providing
the “tastes.”
In 2007 the partnership was
strengthened when the Faculty
Folk Club changed its name to
MSU Community Club and
officially extended membership
to alumni and the broader
campus community. Alumni
have responded positively to
the invitation and now actively
participate in the club’s 25-30
interest groups as well as attending
the group’s informative
programs. Alumni have been
added to the membership roster
the past three years. MSUCC
members can also be counted as
MSU Alumni Association Life
Members. The Partnership is
working both ways.
Since 1939 the Faculty Folk/
Community Club has raised
more than $245,000 for scholarships.
To order tickets for this
year’s “Taste of the Town,”
contact Gretchen Forsyth at
forsythg@cse.msu.edu or
(517)-332-6683. Three students
in the Broad College of Business
with financial need will be the
recipients of the 2011 MSUCC
Endowed Scholarships.
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Spring 2011 MSU Alumni Magazine