Association News

Alumni Directory

The Alumni Association has signed an agreement with Publishing Concepts, LLC, to produce a new Alumni Directory, which will be available in January 2001. The directory will be offered for sale in book form or on a CD-ROM and must be ordered prior to completion of the directory project. Please be sure to complete the forms that you receive in the mail and return them promptly so that you will have your information included accurately in the new directory. Please contact the Alumni Affairs Office if you have any questions. We can be reached at (703) 993-8696 or via e-mail at alumni@gmu.edu.

zPatriots.com

Now you can access the Internet via zPatriots.com, a new web portal that the George Mason University Alumni Association has developed with zUniversity.com to provide our alumni with the latest services available on the Internet. You can customize the page to reflect the things you like to see at first glance each day, such as weather, news, stocks, and links to other websites. zPatriots.com will provide key links to George Mason University web pages, as well as up-to-the-minute news and information about the university. In addition, a percentage of all purchases made online through the site will benefit the George Mason University Alumni Association. To access this site, simply go to www.zPatriots.com.

DBM Alumni Career Services

The Alumni Association is pleased to announce a special new alliance that will greatly expand the breadth of career services offered to alumni. Drake Beam Morin (DBM), the world's leading provider of career management and transition services, is aligning its global resources with ours to provide all graduating seniors and alumni--from job seekers and new hires to middle managers and senior executives--with an outstanding array of career management services. It's called Drake Beam Morin Alumni Career Services and includes the information, tools, and resources that Drake Beam Morin's extensive research indicates alumni value most:

• Career consultation with an experienced DBM professional
• Professional seminars in key knowledge and skill areas
• Job leads
• Networking opportunities

Through our special partnership, membership is available at no cost. It entitles alumni to not only a wide range of Drake Beam Morin's renowned career management programs, but also access to other resources at nominal prices. The Alumni Association is excited to offer this new service created by this very successful and prestigious global education corporation, and is confident that it will prove to be an extremely valuable resource.

For a preview and to enroll, check out the DBM Alumni Career Services website at www.dbmalumniservices.com.

For more information, call the toll-free customer service line at (800) 863-8684.

In February, the Alumni association celebrated its second annual Hoops Night with the junior class.