VOLUME 11, NO. 1     MAY 1997

Association director takes new post

Sharon C. Davis, WPI's director of alumni affairs since 1989, will be leaving Higgins House on

July 1 to assume the position of major gifts officer for the upcoming WPI campaign. In her new post she will work with potential contributors to support the five-year capital campaign, scheduled to begin in the spring of 1998.

During Davis' tenure, the Alumni Association established its new alumni online service Alumni Gateway, established the class boards of directors, implemented a new master plan, incorporated the WPI Venture Forum into the association, established the Alumni Career Network, published a new alumni directory, revitalized the Student Alumni Society, built the Centennial Walkway to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the association's incorporation, and reinstituted the goat's head rivalry.

"It has been a great privilege to serve the Alumni Association during the past seven years, and I am looking forward to working with alumni in a new capacity this summer," says Davis. "Collaborating with alumni in a myriad of interesting assignments has been incredibly rewarding, and the resulting friendships have made the job a joy."

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