To all current Gifties:

Thanks for being so great last week at Connections Weekend!
I really had a great time.
It was such an honor to get to participate (I know that's a really cheesy thing to say, so I apologize :), and it's always fun to meet new generations of Fag Schoolers.

I have to admit that when Dr. Sharon asked me to participate, I was a ( Read more... )

So Dr. Sharon called me today.
She invited me to be one of the alumni they get to come back to the school in October to participate in Career Weekend.
How in the world did I get selected for this?

OMG.  When did I get old enough to be one of the alumni invited back to one of these things?

I'm looking for any alumni living in the Lafayette, LA area.  My little brother and his girlfriend just moved out there last week and I want to try to hook them up with people to show them around.  They are 19 years old, Frank (my brother) is going to UL for architecture and Kayla (girlfriend) is a dental assistant at some dentist's office across ( Read more... )

This is Josephine Ngo McKelvy (Class of 2004). The class of '89 is planning their 20-year reunion and offered to include us in the group discount for the hotel. If you're interested in going to graduation weekend, please email me back at josephine.mckelvy@gmail.com so that I can start a head count for the hotel discount ( Read more... )

Hey this is Mary Beth Widhalm c/o 2003. I just recently moved to Austin for graduate school and am desperately looking for a (non-food service industry) job. I've got experience with public libraries, private/public archives, bookrooms, and offices, but I'm going to school for Historical Preservation/Conservation. I know that gifties would be drawn ( Read more... )

Congratulations, Geoff Whiting!
Class of '03

"Geoffrey Whiting and Grace Juneau will be married at the Old Governor's mansion in Baton Rouge, LA on Saturday, July 5th, at 10:30 in the morning..."

grace and geoff met house-gutting in post-Katrina New Orleans, 2006

Geoff, a charming young man from the swamplands of Lafayette, is a recent LSU graduate ( Read more... )

This is an LSMSA Alum, class of 2000. So if you're bored, help a giftie out.

http://www.usmagazine.com/wedding-2008-couple-5

And if you're even more bored, pass it along.

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Name's Sara, c/o 09.
I had an older sis, graduated 05,
and I know slackerville was her home away from home.

So here I am, the fresh meat.

Dear Alumni,

Last year the Science Department began a new program called the Future Scientist Program (FSP).  The goal of the program is to provide students the opportunity to be recognized for their hard work and dedication in any of the STEM areas.  The focus is to get students involved in science and educate them about the opportunities ( Read more... )