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Post by The Cats on Feb 28, 2020 11:15:47 GMT -5
Alex Gary, a former student-athlete on the Western Carolina University baseball team who is currently serving as senior associate athletics director for development at Oregon State University, is the next director of the Catamount athletics program. WCU Chancellor Kelli R. Brown announced today (Friday, Feb. 28) the selection of Gary to serve as director of athletics following approval of his contract by the university’s Board of Trustees during a special conference call meeting earlier in the day. The appointment, which is effective May 1, follows a national search conducted by a 15-member committee working with the assistance of the North Carolina-based executive search consulting firm Collegiate Sports Associates. A formal introduction and campus reception is set for 3 p.m. this afternoon at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. Gary has served as senior associate director of athletics and the department’s chief development officer at Oregon State since September 2017. He previously served as associate athletics director for development and external relations at the University of Maryland from 2014 until 2017. He also has held development positions at the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Post by catamount87 on Feb 28, 2020 11:24:44 GMT -5
Welcome home Alex!
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Post by wcugamer2 on Feb 28, 2020 11:31:26 GMT -5
I spent a lot of time with Alex as an undergraduate at WCU. Looking forward to having him back home in Cullowhee!
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Post by wcatradio75 on Feb 28, 2020 12:15:42 GMT -5
Sounds like a great fit! Also experienced with capital improvement projects and funding those from outside sources. Hmmm...
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Post by lenoircat on Feb 28, 2020 13:24:31 GMT -5
Welcome home Catamount. This is perfect in a number of ways, but to me we have an alumni coming home to help us move to the next phase!
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Feb 28, 2020 13:44:07 GMT -5
Just so everyone is clear. Alex is not an Alum of WCU. He finished out his career at VCU. Still excited to have him at WCU.
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Feb 28, 2020 13:45:08 GMT -5
Sounds like a great fit! Also experienced with capital improvement projects and funding those from outside sources. Hmmm... Outside sources is where the money has to come from because the school isn't going to be buying athletic buildings themselves.
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Post by The Cats on Feb 28, 2020 14:02:15 GMT -5
Just so everyone is clear. Alex is not an Alum of WCU. He finished out his career at VCU. Still excited to have him at WCU. Just so everyone is clear. according to: Definition of alumnus1: a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university an alumnus of Columbia University —usually used of a man in the singular but often of men and women in the plural --------- so, I think he is an Alumnus of both WCU & VCU.......
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Post by catamountfanatic07 on Feb 28, 2020 14:12:25 GMT -5
Just so everyone is clear. Alex is not an Alum of WCU. He finished out his career at VCU. Still excited to have him at WCU. Just so everyone is clear. according to: Definition of alumnus1: a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university an alumnus of Columbia University —usually used of a man in the singular but often of men and women in the plural --------- so, I think he is an Alumnus of both WCU & VCU....... Fair point but I’ve already heard several saying he graduated from WCU
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Post by The Cats on Feb 28, 2020 14:51:00 GMT -5
Just so everyone is clear. according to: Definition of alumnus1: a person who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university an alumnus of Columbia University —usually used of a man in the singular but often of men and women in the plural --------- so, I think he is an Alumnus of both WCU & VCU....... Fair point but I’ve already heard several saying he graduated from WCU another fair point, he is not a WCU graduate.... (I agree that Alumnus should mean graduate, but unfortunately, Merriam-Webster did not consult with me on their definitions)
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