UC Clermont Reconnects with 150 Alums Through Competition

UC Clermont College’s six-week ‘Great Alumni Hunt’ reconnected 150 alums back to their alma mater this spring.

Six teams, consisting of a student ambassador, community member, and faculty member engaged in a friendly competition to see how many alumni they could find. Each team earned a scholarship for their student ambassador. The Great Alumni Hunt took place from February 22 through April 4.  

UC Clermont student winners: 

1st place Heidi Rowles- $2,000

2nd place Alexandra Bauer- $1,500

3rd place Kelsey Finn- $500

3rd place Serge Kikonda- $500

4th place Ashley Hendrixson- $250

4th place Demilade Haastrup- $250

“The Clermont College Great Alumni Hunt has been a very interesting and rewarding experience for me. The most surprising thing to me during the alumni hunt was how willing the alumni were to help me….and how much everyone who goes through Clermont College loves the school. My favorite find was Dr. David, who is head of cardiology at St. John Providence hospital in Detroit and teaches at Wayne State Medical School. He was very friendly and offered to make a donation to Clermont in honor of Dr. Fankhauser. Everything about the alumni hunt has reinforced my belief that Clermont College is an outstanding school that has a strong base of alumni who love the school and are willing to support it,” said Heidi Rowles, first place winner in The Great Alumni Hunt.

Clermont considers someone who attended the college for one year an alum. If you are interested in reconnecting with UC Clermont please contact Mindi Hilgeman, Program Coordinator, at 513-558-3420 or mindi.hilgeman@uc.edu 

UC Clermont College is located in the center of Clermont County on 91 beautiful wooded acres in Batavia Township.  The college is an accredited, open-access college offering more than 50 programs and degrees. UC East, a Clermont County expansion in the former Ford plant in Batavia Township, opened in the fall of 2010. It is home to UC Clermont's Allied Health programs. The college is part of the nationally recognized University of Cincinnati. For more information, call 513-732-5200 or visit www.ucclermont.edu