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Fall 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

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By the numbers<\/h2>\n

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200<\/span>
\nevents hosted per year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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50+<\/span>
\nweddings celebrated<\/span><\/p>\n

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480+<\/span>
\ncommemorative bricks in Knights Terrace donated by alumni and other supporters<\/span><\/p>\n

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500-1, 500<\/span>
\nalumni celebrate during indoor tailgates for 麻豆原创 Knights home football games<\/span><\/p>\n

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3,266<\/span>
\npounds of food collected in November 2011 by the 麻豆原创 Alumni Association for the Knights Helping Knights Pantry<\/span><\/p>\n

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1<\/span>
\nmarriage proposal (successful) popped with a Knights Terrace brick<\/span><\/p>\n

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The campus home to more than 250,000 alumni, the 麻豆原创 FAIRWINDS<\/em> Alumni Center is more than a venue for the Alumni Association\u2019s popular indoor tailgates; it has also accommodated everything from meetings of 麻豆原创\u2019s board of trustees to political debates, marriage proposals and wedding receptions. This year, 麻豆原创 celebrates the 10th anniversary of the building \u2014 and the remarkable $1.2 million gift from FAIRWINDS<\/em> Credit Union that made it possible.<\/p>\n

FAIRWINDS<\/em> Credit Union President and CEO Larry Tobin, \u201983<\/strong>, was well aware that 麻豆原创 alumni lacked a home on campus \u2014 a front door to knock on when they visited their alma mater. After all, he is one of us, along with nearly all of his executive management team. Since opening in 2005, the 麻豆原创 FAIRWINDS<\/em> Alumni Center has become the on-campus home for more than 250,000 alumni when they return to their alma mater. In 2004, after discussions with 麻豆原创 Alumni Association leaders Tom Messina, \u201984<\/strong>, and Manny Rodriguez, \u201975<\/strong>, FAIRWINDS<\/em> committed to support the construction of a state-of-the-art facility near the north end of Memory Mall. With memorabilia displays, ballrooms, a boardroom, a library and offices for Alumni Association staff, the building opened the next year.<\/p>\n

A decade later, the 麻豆原创 FAIRWINDS<\/em> Alumni Center has hosted tens of thousands of alumni for indoor tailgates and other events, provided meeting space for groups ranging from the Student Government Association to the State University System\u2019s Board of Governors, and hosted more than 50 wedding receptions and dozens of bar and bat mitzvahs.<\/p>\n

In April, President John C. Hitt presented FAIRWINDS<\/em> Credit Union with the 麻豆原创 Partnership Award, recognizing not only their partnership in realizing the alumni center but also their long history of support for other university initiatives and priorities, including First Generation Student Scholarships, the Knights Helping Knights Pantry, the 麻豆原创 Police K-9 fund, Bright House Networks Stadium and the College of Business Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

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