| YAC Serves Young Alums, Creates Scholarship for “Engaging” Students
 
 CATCH ASIA RAU if you can. The 1997 ºù«ÍÞÊÓÆµ
            graduate is the fast-moving events and fund-raising coordinator for
            the University of Washington Alumni Association. But a schedule that
            might tire most people only builds a fire under Rau. She is also
            president of
the SPU Alumni Association’s Young
Alumni Council (YAC).
 
 "The more than 7,600 SPU alumni within 10 years of graduation
have a lot of
energy, and many still live in the Seattle
area,” says Rau. “We want to keep them in touch with the University and to provide
services and programs geared especially for them. To do this, we want young alumni
to let us know what they want.”
 
 She notes, for instance, that the Seattle Pacific
Career Development Center is available to assist people with information about
job searches — even 10
years after graduation. And through and change the world through volunteer
service off-campus,” says Rau.
 
 Doug Koskela ’95 is the current chair of the YAC Scholarship Committee and an
instructor in theological studies in the
SPU School of Theology. “An endowment has been created, and YAC Executive Council
members have already begun
making regular contributions,” he explains. “We have a commitment of a significant
matching gift in July, and a major fundraising
event is planned for April 24.”
 
 For more information about becoming involved
in YAC or supporting the YAC Scholarship, call YAC Advisor Laila Sharpe at 206/281-2449
or visit
.
 
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