subject: The Influence of Alumni Association in the Life of Graduates [print this page] The Evolution of Alumni Associations Initial stimulus of creating alumni associations was graduates' desire to keep in touch with alma mater and old friends, to give and get help, to share thoughts, ideas, to find new investments or quite the contrary to invest; to be not so far from their children whom they wanted to study at the same university or college. But during the maturing of this graduate's community to alumni association there appeared a lot of other benefits. No wonder if a great amount of talented and well-educated people interrelate, they usually gain some advantages. Nature of alumni associations makes its members success-oriented. It is a wide-spread circle of different people, united by their university or college. Alma-mater has its own system of maintaining relations with its graduates. University and colleges support them and they do either. Alumni are a part of a great community; they are needed and welcomed. Governing bodies of colleges and universities realize that their students are future businessmen, scientists, politics, sometimes millionaires or even high and mighty. The Role of Alumni Associations in the Career of Graduates Well-to-do graduates often invest or even donate money to their universities and colleges. And there is another side of these relations: if an alumni member loses his/her job he/she may turn to alumni department and this problem will be likely solved. Besides, other advantages of being a part of alumni are wide-spread connections. Graduates with a great variety of specialization are alumni. And if one of them needs a good expert in an unknown field this person may be found by means of alumni association. Alumni association gives great prospects for a career success. Alumni's image forms reputation of their alma mater and vice verse. Graduates need a place where they may ask for an advice or help, discuss a question which they do not want to speak about outside university or college walls.
The Influence of Alumni Association in the Life of Graduates
