Hello to our MSIDT Alumni and Current Students!
Summer is here and we have a lot to share. So much has happened since my last message in the fall.
Elections
First off, elections are coming. If you are a current, paid, active member of the alumni association, you will receive an email from Cindy Edwards, our VP of Chapter Development by June 1, 2011. You will be asked to vote on the current open offices. You will have until June 14, 2011 to vote. Please keep your eyes open for this email.
June 22, 2011 Annual Meeting at Golleher Hall at CSUF
We will be having our annual meeting June 22, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Golleher Hall. During this meeting we will be announcing the new board, have a presenter and presenting some awards to people who have contributed to our success.
We’re still looking for a speaker, so if you are interested, please reach out to Kristi Smemoe by Friday, June 3, 2010.
We will be having a door prize raffle for two lucky attendees. By attending, your name will go into the hat for a $25 gift card to Ruby’s Diner or a $25 gift card to Pat & Oscars restaurant.
Additionally, if you are a 2011 graduate, we will hold a special door prize raffle for Cohort 8 attendees (you must be present to win). The winner will receive 2 AMC movie tickets.
2010-2011 Past Webinars
We had three webinars this last year. We hope you were able to join us for them. The webinars this year included:
- September 2010: LoTonya Motley presented, "What/Why/When to Use Technology with Learning?"
- December 2010: Iskandaria Masduki presented, "Case Study: Converting Classroom to Online Instruction"
- April 2011: Randal Fujimoto presented, "An Introduction to Personal Learning Networks"
If you would be interested in presenting in a future event, please contact Kristi Smemoe at programs@msidtaa.org.
Membership Drive Raffle
We had 4 new members join us from October to December and are proud to announce the winner of the drawing was Jeremy Burnstein from Cohort 7. Jeremy won a $50 gift card to Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que!
Fundraising
We have held two fundraisers this year, earning over $1,200.00 towards the MSIDTAA Scholarship! This will pay for two full $500 scholarships next year, as well as leave us with a little towards the following year. Help us to continue to help future students. Contact Tai James if you would like to contribute or participate in future events!
New from MSIDT
We are about to have our 10 year anniversary! Cohort 10 will be starting next year and will be bigger than ever. Beginning this fall there will be twice as many MSIDT students. That means 2 cohorts each year, which means twice the excitement and twice the number of new alumni. Let’s help celebrate this accomplishment! There will be a big celebration hosted by the MSIDT program and the MSIDTAA. If you have any suggestions for the celebration, please send them to info@msidtaa.org. We have forwarded all of the suggestions we have received! Thank you for the ideas you have already submitted!
Thank You!
This will be my final year as an officer of the MSIDTAA. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for three very fun years as an officer. We have grown this alumni chapter from 10 members to 50 members. Our fundraising and professional development events have grown and taken on a life of their own. We have a presence on Facebook, LinkedIn and a blog! It has been a privilege to be part of the MSIDTAA.
Look forward to seeing you at our annual event!
Christy Zuehl
President, MSIDTAA
