Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gordon Gee

The issue that all of us face is that alumni love to have the institution frozen in amber. The truth of the matter is that for an institution to survive, it has to grow, to look at the world as it is rather than how they want it to be.

The local alumni started working with us to make plans for the chapter coming back. We were also in communication with staff at the fraternity's headquarters based in Illinois.

The enthusiasm from the faculty members and student body has been great. I've gotten 10 or 12 e-mails from alumni going as far back as 1982 wishing us good luck.

The 'Come On Home' campaign will invite them back to see how far our branches have evolved, especially in the areas of educational enhancement and technology training. We think the alumni will be impressed.

You can't have a better match than that for Alumni Night.

We will be hosting our first alumni track meet for the boys and girls track teams. We would like to see as many former athletes come back as possible, just for the fun of seeing everyone again.

Bill Smith

It was great to see all of the alumni and family members out to visit our new home. It's a new beginning for a team rich in winning tradition.

Wendy Kopp

Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.

John Wooden

In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.