“Energy made visible” aptly describes Wittenberg students and alumni, but for Linda Prain Beals ’87, director of alumni relations, the phrase takes on even more meaning.

Last fall, Beals had a brainstorm. Building on NBC’s famed Today Show series, “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?” Beals began to wonder how to take the Wittenberg story on the road. How could her alma mater, she asked herself, make its collective energy more visible to its 25,000 living alumni in an exciting and innovative way?

A few sleepless nights later, as one idea to the next bombarded her brain, Beals convened several brainstorming sessions with colleagues in advancement, communications and admission. From there, the firstever alumni tour took shape, and the newly named Witt Nation was born.

-by Karen Saatkamp Gerboth ’93

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