{"id":57084,"date":"2016-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/10\/25\/jokela-to-step-down-as-alumni-director\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:07:26","slug":"jokela-to-step-down-as-alumni-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/10\/25\/jokela-to-step-down-as-alumni-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokela to step down as alumni director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Roxanna Jokela has announced plans to step down as director of UNMC Alumni Relations on Dec. 31, capping eight years of working with UNMC graduates across the country. <\/p>\n<p>Jokela was named interim director of alumni relations in October 2008 and full-time director in April 2009. Prior to this, she led UNMC&#8217;s Rural Health Education Network for 16 years and served as deputy director for the Area Health Education Centers Program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roxanna has greatly advanced our outreach to alumni and worked diligently to increase the number of alumni actively engaged with UNMC, its colleges and its students,&#8221; said Bob Bartee, vice chancellor for external affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Catherine Mello, associate director of alumni relations, will serve as interim director beginning Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p>During Jokela&#8217;s tenure, the alumni relations office:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Formed a comprehensive 501-c-3 nonprofit organization comprised of all graduates of UNMC;\n<li>Formed an umbrella UNMC Alumni Association Board of Directors to include college alumni representatives, as well as deans, the University of Nebraska Foundation and chancellor for inclusive decision-making;\n<li>Instituted a Graduate College Alumni Council and a College of Public Health Alumni Engagement Council;\n<li>Increased its focus on including students on alumni council activities;\n<li>Participated in a campuswide initiative to include residency\/fellowship graduates as alumni.<\/ul>\n<p>Jokela said, &#8220;It is a joy and a privilege to see the pride that alumni have in their college and how they express a strong commitment to their university.  I am confident that more engagement of alumni across the professions will strengthen the recruitment, student support and alumni volunteer commitment to UNMC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As director, she advanced outreach to alumni, increased the number of alumni actively engaged with 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