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Point ParkAnnual FundPhone-A-ThonSets a RecordPoint Park on Facebookoint Park is in the midst of the Facebook revolution and isprepared to call in the post-graduate troops. A Point ParkFacebook page directed toward and designed for alumni hasbeen in development and will be launched in early 2009. Inaddition to encouraging alumni to stay in touch with classmates,the page is intended to keep graduates current on Universitynews and events and promote a more interactive connection totheir alma mater.Alison Boron (BUS ’08) will manage the Facebook page. Shesees the project as a chance to give back to Point Park, as wellas an opportunity to create a more effective networking systemfor graduates. “Hopefully, this will help the University reach adifferent demographic of alumni,” says Boron. “This will be amore accessible way for younger alumni to stay up to date andinvolved with Point Park.”Alumni will be encouraged to seek out and join the networkand participate as much or as little as they like. Another benefitto the method of Facebook communication is the culturalpopularity the site has gained since its 2004 inception. With atleast nominal familiarity, new users can ease their way into theonline community and explore new ways to get involved withPoint Park alumni.In the fall of 2008, 27 students mademore than 27,000 phone calls overa period of three weeks and raised arecord-breaking $70,000 in the historyof Point Park’s annual fund. For thefirst time after many years, the annualfund phone-a-thon was brought back tocampus so that current students couldshare their Point Park experience withdonors. After all, our students serve asambassadors, representing the veryheartbeat of our University.Student callers were selected basedon their performance in telephoneinterviews. Students were trained andreimbursed for their time and they madea big difference. Isabel Power, juniordance major, was the top caller in 2008with more than $10,000 raised.WE WANT TOHEAR FROM YOU!Send us photosshowing yourPoint Park prideto thepoint@pointpark.edu.38 www.pointpark.eduSend your news to alumni@pointpark.edu.