Students, alumni enjoy financial planning panels

The Southern Tier Alumni Network, in association with United University Professions (UUP) and the Career Development Center, hosted a panel discussion on financial planning in Casadesus Recital Hall Nov. 6.

About 70 alumni and community members attended the panel discussion, moderated by Greg Ronneburger '97, MBA '99, chairperson of the Southern Tier Alumni Network. Panelist Bill Lewis, vice president, AXA Advisors, spoke on "Retirement Plan Distribution"; Art Smith '81, executive vice president, BSB Bank & Trust, spoke on "Other Income Sources for the Short Term"; Kevin Conklin '91, special assets recovery manager, BSB Bank and Trust, spoke on "Stretching Your Paycheck"; and Michelle Yurko '83, senior customer service representative, Charter One, spoke on "Successfully Managing Your Debt."

Audience members found the panelists to be knowledgeable and informative and said the money-saving ideas were great -- "Stretching your paycheck was my favorite," said one. Another found the discussion on IRAs and 401Ks to be especially helpful.

TAU Alumni Celebrate Inaugural Event

From Sanjay Malhotra '85: Another "infamous" TAU house party? Not quite, but the alumni brothers of Tau Alpha Upsilon did get together at the Manhattan Club Oct. 24 to celebrate the University's official recognition of the Tau Alpha Upsilon Alumni Society. With the creation of the TAU Alumni Society, TAU brothers are once again at the forefront of Greek involvement in Binghamton University activities.

Founded in 1961, TAU is the oldest fraternity on campus. With more than 500 alumni brothers, the TAU Alumni Society will work directly with the University's Alumni Association and the Binghamton Foundation to foster and promote fundraising activities for existing or planned University initiatives. In addition, the society will be closely involved with the current active brothers of TAU.

More than 100 TAU alumni showed up to celebrate the event in Manhattan. The oldest brother in attendance was Bob Zolczer '65, and the youngest was Alfredo Bernal '02. The society's coordinators, Brian Segel '85 and Sanjay Malhotra '85, along with members Salvatore Caruana '73, John Walker '78, Marty Bernstein '83, Paul Starick '84 and Michael Marcus '87, met with University administrators just prior to the event to develop strategies for the society's contribution to pending University projects. The TAU Alumni Society plans to hold another event in February. [photo]

Sigma Nu fraternity enjoys golf outing

From Chris Musumeci '89: Twenty-three Binghamton/Sigma Nu Alumni, class years 1987 to 1997, attended the first Sigma Nu golf outing Aug. 23 at Port Washington's Harbor Links Golf Course on Long Island. In addition, several other non-golfing brothers joined the golfers for refreshments in New York City afterwards.

Tournament highlights: Dave Seidner '89 (best score) and Pete Breckling '92 (longest drive) shot the lowest scores of 80 and 81, respectively. Dave Grill '89 took home the lowest net score of Ð11. David Gold '89, John Geisler '90, Ian Hirsch '93, Mike Destefano '87 and Sean Doherty '89 represented past and present Ernst & Young associates. Kudos to Tim Devine '90 for making this event a reality, and to Crown Royal and Bulleit Bourbon for providing gifts for the players. We look forward to having an even larger turnout at next year's outing.