Student Meeting Tuesday

ORONO, MAINE—With the school year coming to yet another end most student organizations are getting in their last few meetings. On April 27, 2010 the Student Senate had one of their last meetings and they had a pleasant surprise.

You don’t hear much about the Alumni Association as a student and probably won’t during your college career until you graduate. On Tuesdays meeting the student government met with the Alumni Association in the same room, an event that most say is the first time in UMaine history.

Todd Saucier, executive director of Alumni Association, addressed the Student Government during Tuesday’s meeting. Saucier hopes the two groups met more often and communication will stay open.

Saucier stated that the Alumni Association wants to start becoming apart of UMaine student’s lives before they become alumni. They figure becoming apart of students lives early on students will be more inclined to donate more as an alumni.

Saucier continued to address the Student Government by saying to interact with the student body early on he would like to ‘friend raise’. What this means is that the Alumni Association wants to open up communication with the student body early on and develop a friendly connection. Saucier wants students to say hello to him whether he’s walking around the mall or eating at the union.

It’s not known whether Saucier’s ‘friend raise’ will change alumni donations in the future but it’s a great start in getting all the different UMaine departments involved with each other.