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RE: Memorial Hall I received an email tonight from an alum who read my Mem Hall post. Per this alum, Memorial Hall has been vacated for major (several) repairs... also, opining that there is no definite plan to reseat the AA @ Mem Hall. In an attempt to verify this, I went to the Facilities and Camp...

Well, this certainly is interesting!!! I was informed this week that the Alumni Association is moving/has moved out of Memorial Hall!!! Curious as to where, I first checked the AA site and it continues to show its address @ Mem Hall. I called the AA toll-free # and it was answered by, likely, a stud...

^Yup... They give a coding quiz/test on the 1st interview... Typical candidates are recent college grads who majored in Computer Science or Math. They expect a good coding result from the CS majors; not as much expected from the Math majors. When daughter #2 interviewed there, her only (1) job inter...

Here's my thing on healthcare. we are in an age of electronic billing, electronic records, and direct online portals to your doctors. Now take a look at a company like Aetna... In 2017 they had almost 50k employees. So you go to the doctor.. the doc electronically sends a bill to Aetna.. Aetna elec...

AA Executive Director JC Schnabel was relieved of his position as of March 2019. To the best of my knowledge, there is no Search underway for a new E.D.

^ Excellent post... Glad you are on board. In addition to us, there are other hoops.com followers who were already aware of the direction other U's have been going to with their AAs. I see no reason for the UM AA to continue on as a failing org until it dies. Protect the remaining assets and put it ...

continued DISCONNECT... 4 months since Homecoming and the FAILED!!! Class of 1969 Reunion... they (AA & top campus Admin can consider it the Class Reunion; but, in reality, it was the first 50th Year Class NON-REUNION)!!! Not a word since to class members, from the AA or from THE CHANCELLOR... NO AP...

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Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:41 pm

Isn't there another mini Weeks too that we could get a few years down the line? What a talented family

A little longer wait for him...10 more years...
for the best of all of them.

Fund raising... I got +++ emails this week from UFlorida re: giving... from the Pres., my MBA Business School, Spurrier, Wuerffel, et al... seemed they had one of those one day all out fund raisers... I forget how much UM raised last time they did it... UF results: $23.6 million from 16,993 gifts in...

Got back home from Antigua 2 a.m. Monday then got sick Tuesday afternoon; mostly bad cough, so have been limiting self to mostly inside resting/sleeping/resting/falling asleep watching TV...:) Had planned on going to hoops Tuesday nite but that was not possible... kudos to OC & Dr G for hauling out ...

If only we had TJ weeks back then we would have real firepower off the bench w TJ / Walker / East ..... Is he expected to return sometime during a10 play? god I hope so Done for the year is my understanding for tj Bergeron just said that TJ has a hernia - will have surgery soon and will be out for ...

Unfortunately I will be out of town for the next couple of days so I will not be able to watch the game. So I will have to depend on you posters to see how it is going. Man Oh, Man Oh, Manischewitz ... no TV out of Town? are you doing a side trip to AREA 51? No need to fear... In your honor, my fri...

Pretty cool... We were flying home from MN (no, you don't want to go to MN in January...nasty brrr)... Wednesday early night...delayed some because our connection @ ORD, it, not us, coming in from TPA, had a maintenance issue and was grounded while we waited for another plane; not too long... but, i...

Revised weather forecast for Amherst... similar at least from where I am around Rt.2 immediately W of 495 & throughout area through Chicopee, Holyoke, etc. Tomorrow afternoon chance of snow 90%, around 1" with temp 27. Into the evening, snow 100%, accumulating 3 to 5" ... If you are driving, please ...