FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 13, 2007
Contact: Anika Mitchell Perkins
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Overby announces members of MUW Alumni Advisory Committee
  
COLUMBUS, Miss. - Andrea Godwin Overby recently announced members who will serve on the Alumni Advisory Committee for Mississippi University for Women.
   
The committee, headed by Overby, a 1968 alumna and past president of the MUW Alumnae Association, will recommend to the university administration the focus and structure of the MUW Alumni Association. The committee was formed earlier this month in an effort to move forward and strengthen the alumni association.
   
Alumni recruited thus far include Dr. Pat Ainsworth, Dr. Eddie Betcher, Ellen Thompson Black, Becky Cade, Phillip "Flapp" Cockrell, Cindy Adams Dunbar, Renee Nick Flynt, Dr. Barbara Garrett, Betty Lou Stuart Jones, Connie Kossen, Pie Mallory, Tina Morgan and Jan Walker.
   
Overby said, "Our committee's objective is to explore innovative ways for the alumni organization to effectively reach and involve all alumni. This is a challenging goal since we have approximately 25,000 alumni living throughout this country and overseas. They are achieving marvelous accomplishments in their professions and communities. We want to know about them, keep in touch with them and given them creative opportunities to be of service to MUW."
   
She added the group will work closely with Alumni Relations Director Jan Miller, who is a 1979 graduate of MUW.
   
"Jan has a wealth of knowledge and skills for assisting organizations such as the alumni association. We are fortunate to have her in this role," Overby said.
   
Miller said she looks forward to working with the committee. 
   
She said, "Many alumni have contacted me about being in an association that is more inclusive and gives them opportunities to serve and provides information they have not received in past years. We will build on the positive things from the past and move into the future with new ideas."