PHEW!

Trying to get everyone together this year for the annual WACTAC Alumni Reunion Party was quite the task for me. I spent the majority of my time during the fall of 2008 updating the WACTAC Alumni Database, printing off millions of mailing labels, furiously stuffing envelopes (I’ve got the papercuts to prove it!), and licking hundreds of envelopes until my all of my tastebuds were numb. By the end of it all I was exhausted! Luckily, for me, (and for everyone else) the party was a hit and the food was fabulous. We dined at King & I Thai, and I don’t know about everybody else, but I went home with enough leftovers to last me a week!

Winter was a completely different story. While Witt was busy conducting in-person WACTAC Alumni Interviews, I was diligently clicking away at my computer, transcribing every single interview (yeah, that’s right, even down to every last “um’). Surprisingly enough it was pretty interesting for me to hear all of the things that various WACTAC alumni had to say about the program. Finding out what everyone was doing with their lives now was even more interesting to me. Feel free to roll your eyes at me for this, but WACTAC kids seem to be doing a great job of shaking up the world post-WACTAC (in a good way of course).

Upon spring’s late arrival I was finished transcribing (…and was steadily recovering from carpal tunnel syndrome). My next job was to  mail out WACTAC Alumni Surveys to those alumni who hadn’t done an in-person interview. I’ve spent the last two weeks enduring more papercuts and more numb tastebuds, but my job is finally coming to an end.

On April 25th, Witt will be giving a presentation to the high and mighty folk who fund WACTAC. Hopefully in conjunction with the wonderful comments made by various WACTAC Alumni and Witt’s killer charm, WACTAC will continue on in the coming years (we can only hope so,  right?).

Well, I think that’s about all of the WACTAC Alumni news I have for you.

There should be more than enough WACTAC Alumni food for thought here for you to chew on…

…If it’s not check this out:

If you are a WACTAC alumni or if you know someone who is a WACTAC alumni tell them to check out our facebook profile! Just search: “WAC TACAlumni” and click “Add as Friend“

Furthermore, all of you WACTAC Alumni who are reading this and have received the WACTAC Alumni Survey either by snail-mail or by e-mail, please fill it out ASAP and send it back to us!

Don’t forget: “Your feedback is invaluable to creating successful programming now and in the future.”

-Basanti