I want to express my thanks for the alumni event UNT hosted recently in Bellevue, Wash. My wife, Joni Hennigan Lora (’86), graduated from North Texas with two undergraduate degrees. She and I met on campus at a concert more than 24 years ago. We went to the event here in Bellevue together and were amazed at the connections we made. I reconnected with a friend I worked with at IBM in Dallas more than 20 years ago. And I met a number of people who had studied music at UNT, and one of them now is playing in a jazz band with me. We are excited to have made old connections and new friends. It was a great event and a surprising success. We hope you will do it again and again.

Doug Lora
Redmond, Wash.

Editor’s note: More than 30 alumni reconnected at the Bellevue Mean Green Mix and Mingle in April hosted by UNT’s Division of Advancement. Stay tuned for future events planned for various cities nationwide by the advancement division and the UNT Alumni Association.