Events – Spring 2016
Dinner with 12 Buffs
Last spring Dynelle Tadlock (Comm,Psych’93; Law’96) welcomed 12 CU-ǸԹstudents into her ǸԹ home fordinner, all strangers to each other at first.They feasted on tacos and burritos, talked up theirfavorite places to eat and play in the city and swapped stories about CU.
Tadlock, an attorney for the U.S. Postal Service and an early stalwart of an Alumni Association programcalled Dinner with 12 Buffs, will open her home again in April, this time to a new group of students, and she hopes to host a dinner for CU alumni after she moves to San Diego in May.
“I think everyone should do this,” she says of theprogram, which connects students and young alumni with fellow Buffs near them. “I loved seeing the genius of the young Buffs.”
More alumni are doing it, too: This April 8 to 10the event is going national — Buffs will gather inthe Washington, D.C.-area home of Brian Cowan(Mktg’79), president of management consulting firm Cowan & Associates, and in Simi Valley, Calif., with Lisa Ayala-Williams (Mktg’86), an executive at Walt Disney Studios.
“Dinner with 12 Buffs allows for alumni to giveback to their university,” says program facilitatorDawn Barone (Hist, Psych’09). “It’s a time for them to learn about the student experience today and to share their experience as a Buff with others.”
Want to host a dinner in your area? Contact DawnBarone at dawn.barone@colorado.edu or call 303-492-2281.
Alumni Association Tidbits
Expand your Buffs network whilehelping your community. During thefirstannual Buffs Give Back Day onMay 22, you and the Buffs in your cityhave the opportunity to mingle as you tackle a localservice project. Each participating chapter choosesits own project in advance. Contact your local chapterleader for more information. Leaders are listed at.
Which extraordinary Forever Buffs shouldwe celebrate this year? We’re acceptingAlumni Award nominations now and areeager to see who tops your list. Recent pastwinners include sports statistician extraordinaire DavePlati (Jour’82), Olympian Bill Marolt (Bus’67) andaerospace and defense executive Pam Drew (Math’85;MCompSci’87; PhD’91). Robert Redford (A&S ex’58,HonDocHum’87), Glenn Miller (A&S ex’26, HonDocHum’84) and Matt Stone (Art, Math’93) are pastwinners also. The awards ceremony will take place in theGlenn Miller Ballroom on CU’s campus during HomecomingWeekend, Oct. 13-15. Submit nominations at.