UNK STUDENTS AND ALUMNI TO SHARE MENTORING EXPERIENCE IN THE GOLD TORCH SOCIETY

The Gold Torch Society, a mentoring group that pairs students and alumnae, is meeting Friday and Saturday, Sept. 15 and 16, at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
    
Through The Gold Torch Society, a group of alumni women lend their guidance, encouragement and career experience to young women at UNK. The meetings will feature sessions covering topics including balancing career and family, leadership, financial planning, networking and taking the leap into the workforce after graduation.
    
Alumni and students are spending time networking and establishing mentoring relationships.
    
Sponsored by the UNK Alumni Association, The Gold Torch Society provides alumni the opportunity to return to campus and share a weekend of activities and special events with a select group of UNK undergraduate women.
    
“The society’s alumnae members are strong, successful women from a variety of backgrounds, including education, politics, medicine, business and journalism,” said Jim Rundstrom, executive director of the UNK Alumni Association. “It is wonderful to see the relationships that have formed because of the Gold Torch Society.”
    
Alumni are nominated for a three-year membership in the society; student membership is for one year and is by application only.
    
Twenty-three UNK alumnae are participating this year. Listed alphabetically by community, they include:
 
          Chapman- Maureen Nickels, 1974

         Lincoln – Lexie Hollertz, 2000

         Papillion – Tiffanie Welte Gauchat, 1992

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