Jose, Dayton, Kansas City, Anaheim and Providence spark WSU connections all
across Shocker Nation.
From New York City to California, WSU Alumni Association-supported Shocker get-togethers are becoming more frequent these days.
Growing from traditional Shocker men’s basketball watch parties, events this year have ranged from alumni dinners in Dayton, Ohio, and San Jose, Calif., in partnership with the WSU Foundation, to baseball outings in New York City and Anaheim, to an artful reception at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo.
David Payne ’74, an accounting graduate who served as president of the WSUAA’s Chicago alumni chapter for several terms back in the 1990s, found and brought the group’s club sign to the Feb. 24 pre-game party before the Shockers took on the Loyola Ramblers in men’s basketball action.
“It’s good having the alumni association working to have a bigger presence here again,” Payne says. “There are still a lot of Chicago Shockers interested in our university!”
Lynessa Rico ’05/05/09 is one of those Chicago Shockers.
At the pre-game party, she struck up a conversation with Lynn Loveland, WSUAA director of programs, and, long story short, ended up re-connecting with her alma mater as a WSU Distinguished Alumni Speaker.
That’s just one of dozens of Shocker re-connection stories sparked by WSUAA events from across the country.
If you live in a major metropolitan area with a concentration of Shockers (either in the United States or internationally) and are interested in learning more about the WSUAA’s rebuilding of alumni chapters, contact Lynn Loveland: 316-978-3831 or lynn.loveland@wichita.edu.
