{"id":2202,"date":"2018-05-03T22:16:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T22:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/veterinary\/?page_id=2202"},"modified":"2025-02-06T22:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:35:19","slug":"alumni-relations-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/college-life-events\/alumni-relations-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty-Alumni Relations Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/veterinary\/images\/052319-commencement-cvm-edited-135.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Congratulations to the Class of 2019 graduates from the College of Veterinary Medicine. You\u2019ve earned it, now own it. Keynote speaker was\u00a0Dr. Temple Grandin, renowned leader in animal welfare and autism advocacy.\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">College of Veterinary Medicine<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/college-life-events\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">College Life &amp; Events<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\"><\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-start\">\n              <div class=\"w-full lg:w-5\/12 2xl:w-4\/12 -mt-80 md:-mt-112 mb-48 px-12 lg:pr-32\">\n                              <nav class=\"py-28 px-40 2xl:px-64 rounded-5 md:rounded-8 bg-gray-darker text-white mb-40\">\n            <ul>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/college-life-events\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">College Life &amp; Events<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/publicaffairs\/magazines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outlook Magazine<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"\/students\/clubs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WesternU Student Clubs<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/college-life-events\/resources\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/college-life-events\/textbooks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Textbooks<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/advancement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alumni &#038; Friends<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/college-life-events\/continuing-education-programs\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Continuing Education Programs<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/spotlight\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">College Spotlights<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/nav>\n                            <\/div>\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content lg:w-7\/12 2xl:w-7\/12\">\n        <h3 style=\"user-select: auto;\">Greetings from the Chair of the Faculty-Alumni Relations Committee<\/h3>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <figure id=\"attachment_2204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2204\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2204 size-full\" style=\"user-select: auto;\" title=\"Dr. Suzana Tkalcic\" src=\"\/media\/veterinary\/Tkalcic_Suzana.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Suzana Tkalcic portrait with a WesternU purple shirt on black background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"457\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. T!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"user-select: auto;\">Dear WesternU CVM alumni,<\/p>\n<p style=\"user-select: auto;\">This is yours truly Dr T! I was put in charge to re-connect with all of you out there working hard in your veterinary careers and becoming ambassadors of our program. As we handed out DVM diploma to our 1,000th CVM graduate in 2017, and in planning your return to the Campus in September 2018 for classes \u00a02008 and 2013, we would like to invite you all to look at the WesternU Alumni web page and join our efforts to make your visit memorable and worthwhile the effort, especially for all of you coming from different corners of the North America and even the world. In that effort, I invite you to assist us with the following:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"user-select: auto;\">\n<li style=\"user-select: auto;\">Update your contact e-mails\u00a0 and let us know\/update us of your personal and professional achievements<\/li>\n<li style=\"user-select: auto;\">Let us know how we can contribute to your LIFE-LONG LEARNING EXPERIENCES, since I am trying to organize a useful CE experience for all of you coming back to Campus in the morning of the planned WesternU reunion (Sept 15). Which topics are you interested in?<\/li>\n<li style=\"user-select: auto;\">Which 3-4 activities on WesternU Campus \u00a0would most appeal to you? (the campus open house and general interest presentations? Library updates? Research \/scholarship updates? Center for innovation? )<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"user-select: auto;\">Please feel free to drop me a line to my e-mail: <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"mailto:stkalcic@westernu.edu\">stkalcic@westernu.edu<\/a>. You can also find more info and ways to re-connect on the <a href=\"\/alumni\/association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WesternU Alumni Association<\/a> web site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"user-select: auto;\">Thank you for entrusting your education to WesternU CVM and becoming members of the WesternU Alumni family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"user-select: auto;\">You make us all proud and we miss you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"user-select: auto;\">Sincerely, <br style=\"user-select: auto;\" \/>Dr. Tkalcic<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8273,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2202\/revisions\/8273"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/veterinary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}