January 9, 2011
Dear Aquinas University College of Nursing Graduates:
Happy New Year!
AUL Nursing batch ‘80 have planned to hold a reunion in Las Vegas this coming June. However, we learned that other AUL Nursing graduates had also expressed their interests on joining this event. I talked to Enee Goyena last October in San Antonio and she gave me some pointers on how to start this plan for a grand reunion. I also had a follow-up meeting with Glo Baranda Mamaril, Jeannie Hermio and Nards Bajamundi last December 27, 2010 in Los Angeles CA as well.
Here are the suggested dates for this reunion.
June 17, 2011 - will be a pre-reunion gathering which will be held at the Las Vegas residence of Gloria Raquel, batch ‘81.
June 18, 2011 - will be the alumni reunion for all graduates.
June 19, 2011 - different batches can have their own mini gathering should they prefer, otherwise we all stick together for a memorable group experience.
As suggested by our “Elders”, we will be requiring a $50.00 dollar confirmation fee from every alumnus. I will let you know whom to send your checks to on my next letter.
We haven’t finalized the venue yet as we are still in the process of negotiating with a few selected hotels. I will be informing everyone through email or Facebook, the final list of activities for this reunion as we get closer to that date. You can make reservations to any hotel of your choice as it is difficult to recommend which hotel since some of you have time-share thus limiting your choices.
Thank you all and please help me disseminate this letter to your AUL contacts! You can start emailing me back to confirm your attendance as this will help us in making a more specific plan for this event. Respond early and that's the key in making this a "Fun-Filled" gathering although as what our current Alumni president, Owen Escalada said, "It is not just meeting our former classmates, but getting together to plan on how we can give back to our school". Should you have any suggestion (other than the inclusive dates), please feel free to email me.
Sincerely,
Al Espinas
916-778-7614 (CP)
916-749-4433 (H)
