Alumni
About the CWU Alumni Community
At CWU, you are an essential part of our legacy. We take great pride in fostering connection and creating engagement opportunities for CWU graduates.
As a graduate of Central Washington University, you are an essential part of our legacy, and we take great pride in fostering lasting connections with you. Reconnect, engage, and collaborate with fellow alumni, share your success stories, seek professional opportunities, and give back through mentorship, volunteering, or philanthropy.
Stay informed about the latest happenings at CWU and beyond through regular reunions, networking events, and career workshops.
CWU Alumni Association Board
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Vision, Mission, and Statement of Philosophy
Vision Statement:
To build a passionate Wildcat Nation.
Mission:
The mission of the Association is to support the Central Washington University community through cultivation, engagement and development of its alumni and friends.
Statement of Philosophy:
We believe that Central Washington University should be a cooperative enterprise, a community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni, whom collectively and individually, all are responsible for developing, supporting, and sustaining the objectives of CWU. We believe that our alumni comprise an integral and inseparable part of CWU and that all alumni have a continuing obligation to serve and support their alma mater. We believe that our alumni can serve CWU by joining together in an organized association which can promote and focus support and service and that the concepts for developing the Association’s organizational policies should be determined by the alumni themselves. We believe that it should be the function of Association to work with CWU to develop ways and means of alumni engagement, involvement, and communication with their alma mater and to see that alumni are recognized as a respected and integral part of CWU. -
Meet the board
Meet the dedicated volunteers serving on the CWU Alumni Association Board. If you're interested in volunteering or engaging with the board, contact the alumni office.
Craig Sanderson ('13)
Board President, Finance & Audit Co-Chair
Sam Gutierrez ('19)
Board President Elect, Finance & Audit Co-Chair
Stacy Sattler ('08)
Board Treasurer, Finance & Audit Co-Chair
Jana Decker ('11)
Board Secretary
Kiana Shaw ('09)
Scholarship & Engagement Committee Chair
Bethany Warren ('13)
Gabe Smith ('04)
Kathey Hatfield ('89)
Lindsey Decker ('10)
Lisa Pilkinton ('12)
Tony Aronica ('09)
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