36 | Winter 2018 LETTER FROMTHE ALUMNI DIRECTOR Are you receiving The Alumni Update Monthly e-Newsletter? It includes alumni news and announcements as well as event reminders. If you are not receiving the e-newsletter, email us at alumni@greensboroday. org with your name and preferred email address to ensure you receive the next update! Do you want to help strengthen the GDS Alumni Association? Do you want to help make important decisions that decide the direction our alumni association is going? Maybe you want to help plan alumni events or recruit alumni volunteers among other things? We are now accepting nominations for new Alumni Board Members. This board is open to all GDS alumni. Please email Michael Sumner ’04 at michaelsumner@ greensboroday.org with your name and interest in participating on the board. If you know someone who you believe would be an asset to our board, please email their name to us and tell us why you think they would be a good addition to our board. ALUMNI BOARD MEMBER NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED. ALUMNINEWS TURN Tell us about your new job, marriage, or new baby by email: alumni@ greensboroday.org And, don’t forget to include your name, address, class year and picture! r new job title r who you married and when r your new address r new baby’s name and date of birth Please include specifics like: YOURSELF IN! Dear Alumni: As you read this, 2019 is upon us! It will be an exciting year for Greensboro Day School. In July, we will formally kick off the school’s 50th Anniversary! We will celebrate throughout the 2019-20 school year. As we celebrate our past and share our present, we look forward to preparing for the school’s future. We ask that you, as alumni, find a way to be a part of this celebration. We would love to have you speak to students, write a story about a special memory or teacher, visit campus, volunteer, make a donation or help plan our big celebration. We are planning to have 50 Alumni in Residence during the year. We would love to have you be one of those 50 alumni so please reach out to me if you are interested in sharing your story or expertise with our faculty and students! As alumni, you are the product of our wonderful institution. We need you as we look back on our past and prepare for our future! Once A Bengal, Always A Bengal! Michael Sumner ’04 Director of Alumni Engagement and Giving