Proudly Cincinnati - December 2007

Alumni Urged To Support Bearcats In Bowl Game!

After one of the most memorable seasons in UC football history, the Bearcats try for a record 10th victory in the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham Dec. 22. The Bearcats need and deserve your support! Read more.

UC In the News

Research funding hits record level
UC’s research funding set a new record of $333.5 million in fiscal 2007. At a time when increases in university research funding are uncommon, the trend says a lot about the quality of UC’s work.  Read more.

ESPN.com:  Bearcats in BCS “Academics” title game
When ESPN examined the teams in the final Top 25 poll this football season and overlaid academic success with the on-the-field performance, UC earned a spot in the hypothetical championship game. Read more.

December grads hear compelling commencement message
UC’s newest alumni were advised to anticipate their tremendous “lifelong Bearcat” days still ahead, and to be leaders who are involved in their communities. Read more.

New book captures campus’s beauty and character
A stunning coffee table book by Cincinnati photographer Robert Flischel portrays UC’s unique campus and how it beautifully integrates old and new. The book is available through the UC Parents Association with proceeds funding student scholarships. Read more.


UC People

Determined couple joins UC alumni family
A pair of December grads traveled an unusual path to earn their UC degrees. Brad and Carolyn Liggett’s focus has been divided between their schoolwork and caring for their 17-month-old preemie twin daughters. Read more.

UC mourns loss of Joni Herschede
The UC family lost one of its greatest friends and most devoted supporters with the passing of Joni Herschede earlier this month. Read more.


UC Support

UC Board endorses $800 million campaign goal
The University will undertake its largest-ever capital campaign with an emphasis on enhancing academic excellence, furthering vital research and funding new scholarships. Read more.

Signs point to major gift for UC
$2 million gift will establish the James S. Womack/Gemini Chair of Signage and Visual Marketing at the College of Business. Read more.

Gift from Benadryl inventor will benefit diabetes research
$1 million gift from Ellen and the late George Rieveschl will advance type 2 diabetes research at the UC College of Medicine and establish the Rieveschl Medicine Fund. Read more.


UC Events

Alumni Weekend set for spring
Save the date for UC’s Alumni Weekend, scheduled for May 16-18, 2008. As spring’s answer to fall’s Homecoming, Alumni Weekend offers an opportunity for all members of the UC family to enjoy reunions, special events and reconnecting with the university and each other. Read more.


UC Get Involved!

UCAA scholarship applications for 2008 due soon
The UC Alumni Association awarded scholarships to more than 90 students (mostly children or grandchildren of alumni) for the current academic year. Application deadlines for 2008-09 scholarships are approaching. Read more.

Alumni get special deals at UC’s Rec Center
Holiday gift-giving season and, maybe more importantly, New Year’s resolution season are here. That makes UC’s state-of-the-art Campus Recreation Center a timely topic for alumni who want to maximize their UC connection. Read more.

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