More than 75 alumni gathered on the patio at the President’s Home for the Sumter County Alumni Chapter’s “Tailgate Party” prior to the football game on Thursday, August 31. Tiger fans enjoyed finger foods and drinks while SGA President Danielle Buckalew and father Danny Buckalew played their guitars and sang. The UWA “Scarlet Band from Tiger Land” stopped by and thrilled the party-goers with the fight song before heading to the stadium for the game. “We were very pleased with the turn out and I think everyone had a good time,” said chapter president Carl Sudduth. The Sumter County Alumni Chapter is currently planning their next meeting and will post details soon.

With nearly 900 UWA graduates living in Sumter County, the Sumter County Alumni Chapter can be one of the largest and most active chapters of the National Alumni Association. We encourage you to join our Sumter County Alumni Chapter. Individual annual dues to the chapter are $15 and for married couples who are both UWA alumni, annual dues are $25. These dues are separate from dues to the National Alumni Association. All checks should be made payable to UWA and on the memo line of your check please note “Sumter Co. Alumni Dues.” By supporting our chapter, we in turn may support deserving Sumter County students through our chapter scholarship.

If you would like to become involved with the Sumter County Alumni Chapter, you may contact President Carl Sudduth (’89) at 205.499.1599 or via email at sudduthc@bellsouth.net.  You may also call the UWA Alumni Office at 205-652-3586, or email Rob McInturf, Director of Alumni Affairs at rmcinturf@uwa.edu.