Westmar University Alumni and Friends Association

06/11/2024

THOSE WHO WISH TO BE IN THE PARADE ON SATURDAY...
The parade STARTS at 9am instead of 10am! Please be to the Le Mars Methodist Church between 8-830am. Thank you.

06/07/2024

Have you registered for the All-Class Reunion yet? It's not too late!!!

05/15/2024

ALL-CLASS REUNION
June 14-16, 2024 (during Ice Cream Days)

Please either register by June 7th at www.westmarcollege.org or send a check to the following:
WAFA
335 1st Ave SW
Le Mars, IA 51031

Cost is $40 per person for the entire weekend.

Friday, June 14th
5-10pm: meet & greet reception at the Le Mars Methodist Church, 901 3rd Ave SE

Saturday, June 15th
9am: meet at Le Mars Methodist Church before parade
12pm (after parade): campus tours, individual meetups, activities in Le Mars for Ice Cream Days
4pm: meet at Le Mars Methodist Church for reception & reminiscing
5pm: supper at Le Mars Methodist Church

Sunday, June 16th
Church service at Le Mars Methodist Church

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05/10/2024

Happy 100th Birthday
Harriet Semke!!!

10/10/2022

Hello Westmar! Please check out getbranded360.com for the new shirts and sweatshirts available through October 31, 2022. They will be printed in early November and ready before Christmas. These items have "Westmar Alumni" on them and come in white or gray. Happy shopping!

10/10/2022

Hello Westmar friends! We have a new line of t-shirts and sweatshirts available through the end of October. Please check out
getbranded360.com. These items have "Westmar Alumni" on the front of them. They will be printed in early November and would make great Christmas presents, so check it out!

04/12/2022

If you were or still are a Peace Corp volunteer and haven't contacted me yet, please do so at [email protected]. Dr. Wayne Marty is working on a project. Thank you.
Kristin

12/14/2020

For you football followers, did you know that the Interim Head Coach for the Detroit Lions, Darrell Bevell, got his start coaching at Westmar University? Four years later in 2000, he broke into the NFL as the Green Bay Packers' assistant quarterback coach working with Brett Favre

09/15/2020

Gene Bartley '68 was one of the editors for this book.

ERADICATING SMALLPOX IN ETHIOPIA: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS’ PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF THEIR ADVENTURES, CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Editors: Gene L. Bartley, John Scott Porterfield, Alan Schnur and James W. Skelton, Jr.

The book contains a wide variety of unique and perceptive stories about the experiences of the Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) who worked in the Smallpox Eradication Program (SEP) in Ethiopia between 1970 and 1975. There are 21 chapters, written by 15 former PCVs, Dr. D. A. Henderson, the Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global smallpox eradication campaign, and Dr. Ciro de Quadros, the WHO Epidemiologist in charge of field operations in Ethiopia. All of the stories provide insights into the personal, practical and technical aspects of the work. The PCVs’ stories include vivid, first-hand descriptions of the living and working conditions in Ethiopia during the implementation of the SEP. The reader is given an insider’s view and understanding of what the PCVs were experiencing, accomplishing and thinking during the days when Ethiopia was reporting more smallpox cases than any other country in the world. Many of the authors also include stories about the inspired leadership of public health giants like Dr. de Quadros and Dr. D. A. Henderson. This book will be of interest to public health historians, as well as those working in the fields of public health, infectious diseases and sociology, and people who are curious about this historic achievement and the conditions in Ethiopia at the time. In a recent exiting announcement, the 2020 Peace Corps Writers Moritz Thomsen Award for Best Book about the Peace Corps Experience has been presented to the editors of the book. The book can be ordered at https://www.amazon.com/Eradicating-Smallpox-Ethiopia-Volunteers-Achievements/dp/195044404X.

Eradicating Smallpox in Ethiopia: Peace Corps Volunteers' Accounts of Their Adventures, Challenges and Achievements

01/24/2020

Welcome to the Westmar family, Kristin!

LE MARS -- The Westmar Alumni and Friends Association (WAFA) has a new executive director. Kristin Olson of Hinton has been with the organization since August 2019, at that time working with executive director Janice Kooiker as WAFA's bookkeeper/membership administrator...

01/17/2020

Thanks to the Le Mars Sentinel for the front page WAFA article!

LE MARS -- Keeping the family of Westmar College informed is a role Carrie Radloff has recently taken on. Radloff, a Westmar graduate, said, "I hope to increase membership and alumni engagement while implementing more efficient and cost effective practices."...