Benelux

Dear Benelux Kellogg Friends,

After the long summer holiday, which included a barbecue and Caribbean cocktail party on June 21, we hope you are as ready as we are to start the new Kellogg season.

First, I would like to extend a personal thank you to Melissa Dagenhart ’94 and Sam Youssef ’98, who are moving to the United States. Sam was instrumental in getting the club restarted in 1998, and Melissa added a lot of dynamism to the leadership team a couple of years ago. We wish them the best of luck in their new endeavor. If you are interested in joining our leadership team, please contact me.

We are delighted to announce to our friends based in the Netherlands that a strong team has been put in place to develop alumni activities in the area. Patty Ozaki ’97, Natasha Janssens-Nikolauk ’94, Eylard Wurpel ’94 and Peter Baër ’00 have been busy updating the alumni directory, and organized a get-together in Amsterdam Sept. 24.

Back to Belgium: The club continues to represent Kellogg to the MBA2U workshop, which took place Sept. 27, and for the first time to the World MBA Tour fair Oct 9. With European brand development getting higher on Kellogg’s agenda, Admissions sent a representative. This is an additional incentive to our annual call for volunteers to attend one of these events for at least an hour, as experience has shown that alumni make a decisive impact on (potential) applicants.

Last year’s most popular event was the Chicago Blues, co-organized with alumni from the University of Chicago. We repeated this magic mix of rhythm, socializing and networking Oct. 17.

Details of future events can be found on the European alumni Web site.