D'Mensions Spring 2005.indd - D'Youville College

ALUMNIassociationGreetingsfrom theAssociationPresidentYour alumni board of directors continues itsdedication to encouraging alumni involvement andsupport for the present students in a variety of ways.We all remember the excitement and anxiety ofbeing close to graduation and looking for that firstjob. Once again the D’Youville College CareerServices Center held a Job Prep Conference andStudent Alumni Networking Get-Together duringthe month of February. Alumni board membersvolunteered where needed as students learnedabout resume development and interviewingtips, and received advice on selling themselves topotential employers.A Kavinoky Night was held on March 12,2005 to share an evening of excellent theatre,refreshments and friendship. Thank you toMartha Fildes Falzarano, ‘77, for once againchairing this event.A highlight of our alumni season is quicklyapproaching. Our spring luncheon this year willbe held on June 18, 2005 at the Hyatt RegencyBuffao. Chairperson Susan Jablonski Fiden, ‘69, isenthusiastically working to make this a special event.If you have not already sent in your reservation andwould like to attend, please call the alumni office at(716) 829-7808.It’s not too early to make plans to attendHomecoming 2005. If you are a member of theClass of ’35, ’40, ’45, ’50, ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75,’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, & ’00, we hope you will attend.Join a committee, call some friends and come tocelebrate and renew old friendships. All classesare welcome.Dolores Prezyna, ’70Spotlighton theClass of’55Commencement 2005 will have anadditional component when this year’s classfiles into Kleinhans Music Hall to the strainsof Charpentier’s Te Deum.Members of the class of 1955 will havepreceded them and will be in reservedseating continuing the tradition establishedlast year when the 2004 Golden Class wasthe first class to be honored at D’Youville’scommencement ceremony. Jane FlanigenGriffin, ’54, had the privilege of deliveringthe invocation.Following the graduation exercises,members of the class will gather inthe Boethea Room in the KoesslerAdministration Building for a gala buffetreception providing the opportunity forreminiscing, family news and enthusiasticconversation on “D’Youville ’05”.25