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Metro dukes
eighth job
Fair is a hit
“Promoting scholarships,
our alma mater, our chapter
and each other” was a
recipe for success for the
eighth metro dukes Job
fair on Jan. 4, according
to rob Parrott (’99), metro
dukes chapter leader. more
than 250 alumni, student
and community job seekers,
and 60 employers participated
in the community
Job fair at the marriott
tyson’s corner in Vienna.
Proceeds from the annual
event support the metro
dukes chapter scholarship,
which in turn benefits Jmu
students from the Northern
Virginia area. Next year’s
event is scheduled for Jan.
9, 2009, and will return to
the marriott in tyson’s corner.
learn more at www.
jmu.edu/alumni/jobfair/.
alumni chapters
share Madison
holiday cheer
alumni chapters around
the nation celebrated the
holidays “Purple and Gold”
style. alumni in atlanta,
Boston, charlotte and richmond
gathered in december
to celebrate the season
with chapter events. the
Jmu office of alumni
relations offers special
thanks to Brandon (’00)
and heather hedrick (’00)
for hosting more than 170 alumni and
friends at their home for the richmond
chapter holiday party. thanks also go to
Steve (’78) and dee dee leeolou (’78) for
hosting more than 100 alumni and friends
at their home for the charlotte chapter
holiday party.
n.y./n.j. chapter cheer
on dukes at seton hall
Nearly 300 alumni and duke club members
cheered on the men’s basketball
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right: More
than 250
alumni and
community
job seekers
attended the
Metro dukes
annual job
Fair in tyson’s
corner. Below:
steve (’78)
and dee
dee collins
leeolou (’78)
opened their
home to more
than 100
alumni for a
holiday party,
jMU style.
team as they faced Seton hall at the
Prudential center in Newark on dec. 22.
chapter president mike Keown (’05) says,
e w s
e v e N t s
& M o r e
left: new york/new jersey-area alumni
and duke club members cheer on the
dukes with (front row) Brad Galorenzo
(’05) and chapter president Mike Keown
(’05) at the prudential center ice lounge.
Back row (l-r) are lauren deMartis (’10),
jen isler (’05), Matt deMartis (’06), erin
sochaski (’06), Michelle cary (’05), Kristin
divincenzo (’05), Bill Williams (’05),
jessica tinsley (’03, ’04M) and Megan
anderson (’04, ’05M).
“It was a close game in the end. even
though the dukes were leading by 19 early
in the second half, the Pirates overcame