UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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UCAA worked closely with the
colleges to host more than 1,000
alums for our annual Alumni
Weekend and Reunions in May.
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May’s “Bearcats at the Ballpark,”
UCAA’s annual UC day with the
Reds, was attended by 1,013
members of the UC family and
included a variety of UC festivities
throughout the evening,
highlighted by the ceremonial
first pitch delivered by UC
Clermont Dean Gregory Sojka.
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UCAA organized a City of
Cincinnati Alumni Luncheon at
City Hall in June, meeting with 75
alumni who work for the City of
Cincinnati. UCAA co-organized
and co-hosted the event with
Deputy City Manager and UCAA
Board member Scott Stiles (DAAP
’83);
alums also heard from
Councilwoman and UC alumna
Yvette Simpson (Law ’04).
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The UC Distinguished Alumni
Celebration (formerly UC Day
Celebration) was held in June
and drew a record crowd of 365,
including a guest presentation by
former Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, a UC
alum. The annual event honored
a slate of five outstanding alumni
with the UCAA’s top alumni
awards: Tom Humes, Bus ’71, A&S
’77 (
William Howard Taft Medal
for Notable Achievement); Tom
Horwitz, DAAP ’78, ’81 (Alumni
Distinguished Service Award);
Willie Carden, Jr., Univ ’80, Bus
’86 (
Mosaic Award); and Andrea
Zahumensky, CEAS ’00, and Joe
Judge, Bus ’00 (Jeffrey Hurwitz
Young Alumni Outstanding
Achievement Award). The
number of nominations
submitted for the awards rose
89%
from the previous year.
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UC’s 2011 “Rivercity
Homecoming” in October
leveraged the opportunity
created when the football game
was moved downtown to Paul
Brown Stadium. UCAA held the
traditional parade, followed by a
campus-wide pep rally, on Friday
night (drawing a few thousand
people collectively), allowing for
all other game-day festivities to
take place downtown on Saturday
(
drawing about 40,000). UCAA
worked with media sponsor Cincy
Magazine to create a special
supplement carrying the UC
and Homecoming messages;
that supplement was targeted
primarily toward Cincinnati’s
business leaders to further
leverage the dynamics and
unique opportunities of the game
downtown.
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A revitalized Young
Professionals alumni group
organized a slate of activities
that connected with the local YP
segment, including a sold-out bus
trip to Keeneland in Lexington,
Ky.; a presentation with Cincinnati
City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld
(
a YP himself ); and the launch
of monthly YP Happy Hour
networking events in downtown
Cincinnati. Collectively, dedicated
YP events drew 290 alums.
Engagement Activity Closer to Home and Campus