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Submitted by Ben McCombs on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 11:44

Greetings friends! We're on the road to Portland after a great event in Seattle. Thank you to Paul and Sharon Sausville for letting the road crew stay at your beautiful condo! We got a great taste of the city first starting at the Seattle Storm game. We were honored to have head coach alumni Brian Agler from the class of 1980 speak to us after the game. The attendance at the event was fantastic! We had nearly 50 people show up to the game. After meeting alumni and digging in to the chicken wings and hot dogs, I was able to film 9 alumni profiles. After meeting with Brian, some of our young alumni got a group to grab drinks at a bar near the stadium. We had a blast exchanging Witt memories, and we would like to thank you for coming out with us on a Thursday night!  I know I've said this before, but capturing alumni stories is one of my favorite parts on the Witt Nation tour. I’ve heard hundreds of unique Wittenberg perceptions, and the one common bond they share is the love and passion our alumni have about Witt. It’s refreshing to see the excitement in the eyes of our alumni as they tell their stories.  The goal for the Witt Nation journey is to engage our alumni. I can say without any hesitation that our alumni are excited to get involved. We already have heard groups in several cities talking about getting together in the near future to talk about ways they can help the university. Thanks again for coming to the event. It was great meeting everyone!

Click this link to see the pictures and videos from the event!

WA, OR, & CA

Great time in Seattle! Portland should be more low-key without the noise of a WNBA game in the background, but Portland is a wonderful city -- sort of like San Francisco was 50 years ago.

Be careful in your driving down the mountainsides on I-5 in southern and northern CA. The worst are the first three in CA: Siskyou Summit, Anderson Grade (into Yreka), and whatever its called between Mt. Shasta and Dunsmuir. When you get to Redding, you can really put your foot in it, because that's what all the local drivers will be doing.

We're already looking forward to the 2010 tour.

George Lindamood, class of 1960


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