Dallas
Alumni Club of Dallas

2005 has been a year of great growth for the Kellogg Alumni Club of Dallas/Fort Worth. In September, our club welcomed dozens of recent graduates to the DFW Metroplex and adopted new by-laws for our club. With the infusion of new volunteers, we're expanding our board of directors to include four directors-at-large. Their role is to provide strategic direction for our club and provide additional programming support. We look forward to building a strong foundation for the future growth of our club.

In addition to new governance initiatives, 2005 has also been a year of expanded activities for the DFW Club. There are just a few of the programs that our club sponsored or will be hosting this year:

First Thursdays TG: Every month, many of our members come together for First Thursdays, a networking event held the first Thursday of every month at Crockett's in the Hilton Lincoln Center. Through First Thursdays, our members have found new jobs, helped new students get ready for their Kellogg experience, counseled Kellogg applicants and made many new friends.

Joint Events with the Northwestern University Alumni Club and the Wharton Club: Educational programs have included an on-site tour of the new DFW Airport International Terminal and a visit by noted NU professor David Zarefsky. This fall the Wharton Club co-sponsored an educational program featuring Dallas civic leaders who provided an economic update on the Trinity River Project.

"Friends and Family" events include the annual picnic hosted by alum Audrey Pinkerton '99 and a special reception hosted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the new Wishing Place in Las Colinas.

We've already started planning an even stronger schedule of programming for 2006, leading off with a January fund-raiser to be held at Jeroboam, a widely acclaimed restaurant in the heart of downtown Dallas. Our slate of springtime educational programs begins in February, supplemented with co-sponsored events with other alumni clubs. Throughout the year DFW alumni club members can typically choose from three to five events per quarter to learn, network and meet new friends. We hope to make the Kellogg Alumni Club of DFW an influential organization in the local business community and a highly desired affiliation for new Kellogg graduates. We welcome your ideas and look forward to meeting you at one of our events.