| gwen1982 |
10-14-2005 04:11 PM |
Our Alum Associations are regional, set up anywhere there's 5 or more sisters interested in having one. I went to Pitt main campus, but I live in New Jersey. I'm a member of both associations because I like to keep up on the details of what's going on back home so if there's anything happening when I visit, I can go.
Our association here has one or two business meetings a year. and the rest is fun stuff. We've done Cosmic bowling, diner days, cook outs, shopping trips, pottery classes, baby showers, stuff like that.
Our National Office helps us a lot. When sisters graduate, they get a form to fill out at Senior Farewell and they list where they will be living after graduation. If they're going to be in our region, we get their names and addresses. Then it's up to us. I know our association sends letters of introduction and congratulations first, as soon as we get the names. Then one of the association exec board members gives a call and gets together with the new alum one on one so she's not overwhelmed. We tell her about the association, upcoming events, chapters in our region, etc. Actually joining is up to her, of course, but we try to help make it as painless as possible;)
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