UMass Amherst Alumni Association
Students
Chancellor's Personal Hosts
Founded in 1992, the Student Alumni Association, formerly the Student Alumni Relations Society (STARS), is a registered student organization at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The organization was created to help bridge the gap between students and alumni. The Student Alumni Association organizes programs for today's students to enhance their UMass Amherst experience, while working with the Alumni Association to act as student representatives at Association sponsored events. The Student Alumni Association also provides its members with leadership and scholarship opportunities while exposing them to alumni for networking purposes.
In the summer of 2002 the Student Alumni Association was asked to form a new group to serve as student ambassadors at the Chancellor’s social functions. SAA eagerly accepted this request and thus the Chancellor's Personal Hosts Program was started.
The Chancellor’s Personal Hosts program consists of students that serve at a variety of events hosted by the Chancellor. Some of these events include the Homecoming Chancellor's Breakfast, the Chancellor's Box at home football, basketball games, and hockey games, the Inauguration Gala Dinner, and Cosby Comes Home.
The role of the Chancellor's Personal Hosts is to welcome guests and make them feel comfortable at events. Hosts' duties include everything from answering questions about Hillside, the Chancellor's residence, to ushering guests to their seats, to telling alumni about today's student life at UMass Amherst.
In order to be a member of the Chancellor's Personal Hosts, a student must be an active Student Alumni Association member for at least one semester, be a sophomore or of higher class standing, and be willing to volunteer time on nights and weekends to host Chancellor's events.
Spring 2008 Chancellor’s Personal Hosts include:
| Kirby | Fortin | 2008 |
| Elizabeth | Oler | 2008 |
| Colin | Glatzel | 2009 |
| Justine | Miller | 2009 |
| Danielle | Pourbaix | 2009 |
| Anissa | Talantikite | 2009 |
| Sandra | Toffay | 2009 |
| Thuy | Truong | 2009 |
| Margo | Voskanian | 2009 |
| Samantha | Balaban | 2010 |
| Amber | Bradley | 2010 |
| Melissa | Clark | 2010 |
| Amanda | Collins | 2010 |
| Aniela | Czajkowski | 2010 |
| Madeline | Haynes | 2010 |
| Michael | Williams | 2011 |
