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Courtesy of Jim Nelson
President Bob Groves at the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg,
FL.
WEST MICHIGAN—Feb. 2: Football Coach Mark Dantonio
(left) and Amb. Peter and Joan Secchia were among the featured guests
at the club’s Winter
Tailgate. More than 600
area Spartans attended
the event at the J. W.
Marriott Hotel in Grand
Rapids. Other featured
speakers included MSU
Trustee Mitch Lyons,
Athletics Director
Mark Hollis and
former football player
T.J. Duckett.
INTERNATIONAL CLUBS
BEIJING, CHINA—Apr.
13: MSU alumni were well
represented among some 170 who
attended the first Big Ten Alumni
Mixer at the Brussels Bar and
Grill in Beijing, China. The event
was spearheaded by a team led
by Dan Redford, ’10 (right), seen
here with (from left) Lawrence
Yu, Bill Winzer, Regea Long,
Dave Gross, Piotr Pasik and Kate
Bellingar.
ALUMNI
INTEREST GROUPS
ALUMNI BAND—Dec. 28:
The MSU Alumni Pep Band
provided musical entertainment
at the 3rd Izzone Alumni
Reunion, helping the Spartans
beat Indiana in the Big Ten
opener. During this season,
the Alumni Band set a new
participation level—playing
in men’s basketball wins over
Bowling Green, UMKC and
Lehigh; at the Great Lakes
Invitational tournament for
ice hockey; and in the women’s
basketball win over Michigan.
CONSTITUENT ASSOCIATIONS
ENGINEERING—
Mar. 12: Dean Satish
Udpa (left) and Rick and
Nancy Brown gathered
at the Bonita Bay Club,
Bonita Springs, FL. Udpa
met with alumni and
donors at other Florida
events in Maitland and
Sarasota.
MUSIC—Jan. 20: About
40 MSU students, alumni and faculty were among
the presenters at the Michigan Music Conference in the Amway
Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids. Among the speakers at the alumni
gathering was David Rayl, associate dean of the College of Music.
MSU RING MARCH & CEREMONY—Apr. 22: Sponsored
by the MSU Alumni Association, the Ring March and Ceremony
made its debut on campus as class rings were presented. Students and
their families picked up the rings and marched from The Spartan
statue to Beaumont Tower in a procession led by Spartan Marching
Band members, President Lou Anna K. Simon, MSUAA Executive
Director Scott Westerman and Professor Carl Liedholm. In this new
tradition, students received their rings from an “honorary guest” of
their choosing. Beaumont Tower sounded one time for each recipient
and then played the MSU Fight Song and MSU Shadows.
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