Taking a look back

Two weekends ago was Drury’s annual alumni weekend. Over the course of the weekend there were several different events for different class years and organizations on campus. Drury alumni were celebrated for many different reasons. Some of them have been alums for fifty years or more and they are now a part of Drury’s “Golden Circle”. Others haven’t been alums for long, but no matter the length of time it’s been since their graduation day all the alumni I met seemed to have vivid memories of their college days at Drury.
It seems as though over the past year I have spent a lot of times communicating with Drury alumni. The reason I have is because I work at the Drury Alumni Office and I am alumnae relations for my sorority. I have been trying over the past year to keep alumni informed and help them maintain as much of an involvement as they desire. Since I have spent so much time talking to alumni I thought I knew what alumni weekend would be like. However, I did not realize the type of sentiment the campus itself holds or how much the alumni being in the presence of each other contributes to the memories they recall.
Working at the Alumni Office I got to help with a lot of the behind the scenes preparation for the events, but the best part of the weekend for me was the brunch for my sorority. Tri Deltas from 1944-1997 came, looked at old pictures, ate, shared stories, sang, and had a blast together. I had no idea that I could feel so bonded to these women who went to the same school as me many years before I was even born. A lot of their memories are not much different than the ones I have already created. Times have changed but a lot of the good things stay the same.