Focus on Learning: Spring 2008

International Alumni Achievement Award Breakfast and Lecture
Wednesday, April 2
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
8:30 a.m. continental breakfast; 9 a.m. lecture
Free

Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, PHD ’91 ACES, is the director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and former Minister of Trade, Industry and State Enterprises for his native country, Sierra Leone. With more than 20 years of experience in international development, Yumkella is recognized internationally for his leadership of initiatives to stimulate sustainable growth in the developing world, reduce poverty, improve health and promote the rational use of resources. His lecture, “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in a Changing Global Climate,” will address what is being done to help the poorest countries.

Those Lovely Old Tunes
Thursday, April 10
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
10 a.m. brunch; 10:30 a.m. performance
$8 per person

Caitlin Caruso Dobbs, an eighth-grader at Urbana Middle School, is a young talent with a long list of musical credits that include piano performances in “Ragtime,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Music Man” and “The Sound of Music.” Caitlin will be joined by Rick Murphy, piano accompanist and director of music at University High School, for a cabaret-style performance of familiar old songs. The UI Alumni Association’s very own Dan Perrino ’48 FAA, MS ’49 FAA, will handle master-of-ceremony duties at this music program that’s guaranteed to put great songs into your heart and a kick to your step!

Annual Bus Trip to the Little Theatre and Buffet Dinner at the Sullivan Country Club
Sunday, July 20
12:30 p.m. departure
$55 per person

Enjoy a performance of the musical “West Side Story” and a scrumptious dinner at the Sullivan Country Club during the heart of summer. The popular musical explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Tony, the young protagonist who belongs to the white gang, falls in love with Maria, sister of the leader of the rival Puerto Rican gang. Leonard Bernstein’s well-known score includes the classics “Maria,” “Somewhere,” “Tonight” and “I Feel Pretty.

For more information or to register by phone or credit card, please call Vicki Retzolk at 217/265-0513.   

University of Illinois Alumni Association
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 S. Lincoln Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

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