From the Editor
Finding What Works
by Rosa Jimenez
With three children under the age of nine, thoughts of my retirement are buried beneath an in-the-moment existence of a full-time job and family. But as baby boomers turn 60, marketing to seniors will have everyone thinking about aging and retirement. Since baby boomers have altered every social institution they pass through, expect the same when boomers enter the so-called “third age.” In our cover story, we feature alumni who are fashioning a retirement life that works for them.
They have some planning advice for our retirement years.
In this issue, you’ll see advertisements for new and improved online features on the Walla Walla College web site. Here are just a few: As a more current alternative to Westwind news stories, see the WWC online news page. If you like reading the Alumni Gazette Interview, you’ll find more in Alumni Central. And if you are the participating type, post a personal profile. Let college friends know how you’re doing.
In this issue we welcome Kristi Spurgeon, a 2005 communications
graduate, who is the new editor of Campus Current. Our group is seated in
the remodeled Havstad Alumni Center, home to College Relations, the department
that produces Westwind. If you are ever in the area, stop by and say hello!
