Shannon L. Alexander Farrar '93
Joseph Irwin Sweeney Alumni Service Award, 1999
Shannon Alexander Farrar's leadership and commitment displayed
during her years at Butler has continued and expanded as she has
entered the professional world. A Butler student with vast
potential, Shannon is now a Butler alumna fulfilling and exceeding
goals of service, professionalism and dedication.
Shannon was a double major in political science and
telecommunications with a minor in journalism. While on
campus, she was a JCFA student ambassador, a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta sorority and a member of the WAJC news staff. She
interned with RVI, a video production company in New York and with
Borshoff, Johnson & Co., a major public relations firm in
Indianapolis. She also made time to volunteer with the Mary
Riggs Community Center, the YMCA and CASA (Court Appointed Student
Advocates).
Starting in 1993 as an account associate with Serafin &
Associates (Chicago), Shannon managed press for political campaigns
and not-for-profit organizations. She then assumed the
position of program coordinator for The Alford Group, a
Chicago-based national consulting firm for not-for-profit
organizations, providing consulting for hospitals, universities,
cultural organizations and social service organizations.
Currently, Shannon is the manager for corporate and foundation
relations at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. She
raises funds for both the Museum's annual fund and restricted
projects including exhibits and education outreach programs.
Her spirit of volunteerism continues. Shannon is involved
in the Chicago Alumni Chapter, a tutor and mentor for Chicago
public school student through the Fourth Presbyterian Church
tutoring program, a member of the Chicago Community Trust Young
Leaders, which is a group of 50 young professionals who provide
grants for various smaller, not-for-profit organizations in the
Chicago area, and a planner for the 1999 Midwest Conference of the
National Society of Fund Raising Executives. She also served
as a United Cerebral Palsy Junior Board member.
Shannon's continued achievements make her a well-deserving
recipient of this honor, and an exciting Butler alumna to watch for
future successes.
Updated 1999