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January 2018
 
 
ALUMNI ASSETS Your E-Newsletter for all things Griffin. Fontbonne UNIVERSITY Learn more. Be more.
 
ALUMNI ASSETS Your E-Newsletter for all things Griffin. Fontbonne UNIVERSITY Learn more. Be more.
 
 
     
 

 

Call your friends! The Fontbonne Prom is May 19

 
 

Save the date for our inaugural fundraising gala  – the Fontbonne Prom. The gala will support Fontbonne University and the Fontbonne Promise initiative. We are currently looking for sponsors to support this event. 

Why: To raise funds and to share our story with as many people as possible in a fun and meaningful way

When: Saturday, May 19, 2018

Where: The Ritz-Carlton, 100 Carondelet Plaza, Clayton, MO 63105

Event Chair: Kate Becker, President, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

For information about sponsoring this event, click HERE.  

 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 

Alumnus chosen as chief of St. Louis Metro Police

 

A Fontbonne University alumnus has been named the new St. Louis police chief. Major John Hayden, who earned a master’s degree in management from Fontbonne in 2003, is a 30-year veteran of the St. Louis Police Department.

The previous police chief, Sam Dotson, also was a Fontbonne graduate.

 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 

 

Spots open for human trafficking social work training

 
 

Fontbonne University has openings remaining for the spring session of continuing education program Advanced Skill Training in Human/Sex Trafficking, which is focused on prevention, intervention and treatment of victim/survivors of human/sex trafficking. The session runs March 9-23 on Fridays and Saturdays. Registration costs cover breakfast and lunch each day, parking, as well as 30 hours of continuing education and support materials. There is a 15 percent discount for Fontbonne alumni.

For more information, click HERE.

 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 

Four new trustees join Fontbonne's board

 

Fontbonne University welcomes new members to the Board of Trustees:

♦ Amy Hereford, CSJ, attorney and canonist

♦ Educator Mary Ann Nestel, CSJ ’63

♦ Valerie Patton, senior vice president–economic inclusion and talent attraction and executive director–St. Louis Business Diversity Initiative for the St. Louis Regional Chamber

Monsignor Michael Turek, pastor of Christ the King parish, University City, Mo. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Alumni Career Panel: Technology's Impact on Industry
Thursday, Jan. 25 
Dunham Student Activity Center

5:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Networking Reception
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion

Join us for the 2018 Alumni Career Panel, exploring technology’s immense impact on various professions. The alumni panelists, each representing a different industry, will discuss how technology has changed their respective fields, as well as how they leverage it to their advantage. This event is free and open to the public. To register, click HERE.

Men's Volleyball events

Alumni Match
Friday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. 
Dunham Student Activity Center

Trivia Night
Saturday, Feb. 17 
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
$20 per person
Affton White-Rodgers Community Center, 9801 MacKenzie Road, St. Louis 63123

Contact Coach Mike Haston at mhaston@fontbonne.edu or (314) 707-7917 for more information on either of these men's volleyball events. 

 
 
 
 
     
 

 

#31DaysofFontbonne raises $91,842 in gifts  

 
 

During the entire month of December, we celebrated Fontbonne’s 2017 by inviting our community to invest in our future.

Our goal was to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Thanks to our donors, we raised $91,842 – 84 percent more than our goal!

Each day during the #31DaysofFontbonne challenge, we looked back at one of Fontbonne’s many accomplishments from 2017. To see those, along with a few individuals who helped make our year extraordinary, please CLICK HERE.

Together, we are shaping the next generation of leaders – encouraging diversity, inclusion and service in the classroom and beyond! 

 
     
 
 
 
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