The Tufts Community Union's (TCU) first annual presidents' reunion was held in Ballou Hall on Friday, May 6. Twenty former presidents and some spouses arrived to mingle over dinner and reconnect with their former friends and senators.
Outgoing TCU President junior Dave Baumwoll spearheaded the idea with the intention of "creating a network of past TCU Presidents and bringing alumni back to campus and keeping them involved," he said.
Baumwoll said that that year's main topic discussed among the alums was the expansion of the Mayer Campus Center, a project that for years has been put on the back burner at Tufts.
"We're going to continue to make student life a priority at Tufts," Baumwoll said.
Each former president was given the microphone over the course of the evening and was encouraged to share their experiences both at Tufts and afterwards, and weigh in on the Campus Center issue.
"It was an amazing success," Baumwoll said. "I'm so pleased with how it turned out."
Baumwoll also said that he hoped the reunion would become an annual tradition, and would eventually incorporate a greater cross-section of the former student body still actively interested in life at Tufts for undergraduates since their graduation.
"[We] envision bringing back many people who were an integral part of shaping the way Tufts ran when they were students here," Baumwoll said.
- by Patrick Gordon
