Message from the Dean

Welcome to the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Web site—your resource for staying connected to CAS and AU. Please take the time to explore the resources we offer, including the college's newsletter, CAS Connections, and our chapter newsletter, Reconnections. These publications can update you on the activities of our students, alumni, and friends as well as help you catch up with your favorite faculty members. You will also find a full calendar of events for alumni as well as ways to get involved with CAS.

As the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a long-time member of the AU community, I have the ongoing pleasure of watching our university change and grow. With the renovation of buildings that house CAS departments and classrooms in the last few years we now have more of the space we need to create an environment of learning that meets the expectations of our students and faculty. With the opening of the Greenberg Theatre last spring and the groundbreaking of the Katzen Arts Center, we will soon have state-of-the-art facilities for our innovative and exciting programs in the visual and performing arts. Not only are there visible signs of growth, but we continue to reconnect our alumni and benefactors in order to strengthen our endowments which fund scholarships and academic programs across our departments. All of these endeavors unite and support the efforts of CAS's outstanding faculty, staff, and students.

Over the last few years, I have been given the opportunity to meet with many of our alumni and hear about the exciting things they have accomplished since their years here at CAS. With the kickoff of AU's largest fundraising endeavor to date—the Campaign for AnewAU—I look forward to increasing my time visiting with you, our alumni, hearing your news, and sharing with you the latest achievements of our faculty and our goals for CAS and its individual departments. You, our alumni, are our most important asset as we move forward. You can provide our students and faculty with outstanding resources and, if you let us, CAS can do the same for you!

I do hope that you will take advantage of this site and of the resources of the Alumni Chapter and get involved with our efforts!

Sincerely,

Kay Mussell
Dean

For more information about Alumni events, opportunities and programs, visit the AU Alumni Web site.