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Women's history Month
Alumni Office's executive director reflects on growth, campus diversity
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by Maggie Diebolt
Public Relations
During the past 43 years that Betsy Waters has worked at MUSC, she has
witnessed tides of change that have brought growth to the campus,
diversity to the student body and variety to research and educational
programs.
 Betsy Waters
A Charleston County native, Waters joined MUSC in 1966 in the Office of
President William McCord, M.D., Ph.D., after graduating from a local
business school. She later graduated from the College of
Charleston with a bachelor’s degree in business. Waters held positions
in the president’s office for 18 years.
Now, as executive director of the MUSC Alumni Office where she’s worked
since 1984, Waters is at the helm of the central coordination point for
the activities of the alumni associations of the MUSC colleges of
Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Graduate Studies, Health Professions and
Dental Medicine, and a joint alumni board with representation from each
college group.
In the 25 years that Waters has coordinated alumni affairs, she most
enjoys promoting the connectedness between current students and past
graduates through career mentoring.
“It’s been interesting to get to know students when they’re here, and
then to see them when they come back, five, 10, 20 years later for
alumni functions or student mentoring programs,” she said. “A big plus
for me is working here with people in this office and across campus to
coordinate alumni activities and support the university in all that we
do.”
The MUSC Alumni Office also is responsible for the Golden Grads
Association, which is an organization for alumni who graduated 50 or
more years ago; and the MUSC Association of Retired Faculty. Through
her work with the six colleges, Waters facilitates reaccreditation and
keeps track of former graduates and residents.
Friday, March 27, 2009
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