Highlights

Third annual alumni cocktail reception in Argentina

In September 2004, the Illinois Alumni Club of Argentina hosted its third annual Alumni Cocktail Reception at Pabellon de las Bellas Artes, Universidad Catolica Argentina in Buenos Aires. The event featured remarks by two honorary club members, UI College of Law Professor Tom Ulen and the UI Alumni Association's Associate Director for Club and Constituent Programs Paula Havlik '77 LAS, MA '79 LAS.

Havlik (right) is pictured with the club's vice president, Gabriela Walerko, and president, Damian Rodriguez Peluffo LLM '99.

The club followed this successful event by hosting a UI information booth at an international student recruitment fair in Buenos Aires in October 2004.

Festive dinner at the Radisonsas Hotel in Jordan

Also in September 2004, several hundred UI alumni attended a festive dinner at the Radisonsas Hotel in Amman, Jordan. Under the patronage of Prince Al-Hassan and Jordan's Higher Council for Science and Technology, this event kicked off annual "Science Week" activities in Jordan, and was co-sponsored by the UI Alumni Association and the UI Office of International Programs and Studies.

Following remarks by UI Provost for International Affairs Earl Kellogg, the group voted on the spot to form an Illinois alumni chapter in Amman.

Pictured, left to right, are Kellogg, Prince El Hassan bin Talal and UI Physics Professor Munir Nayfeh.