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Alumna: A member who has graduated or left the university in good financial standing. (A member who transfers to another university with an ADPi chapter does not have to affiliate with the chapter, and in the case she doesn't affiliate with that chapter takes alumna status. A member who transfers to a universtiy without an ADPi chapter takes immediate alumna status.) Oftentimes, if a member becomes pregnant or marries during her collegiate membership, she is given the option to take alumna status in recognition of the change in her life and her new priorities.

Inactive: A collegiate member who has successfully petitioned for inactive status, which removesher from the obligation to pay dues for the remainder of that school year. Inactivity can only be granted once in collegiate membership, and only due to extenuating circumstances-- such as an unanticipated financial hardship (where all other options have been exhausted: part time job, financial aid, budgeting) or medical emergency (personal or family).

Those who leave the chapter but remain at the university are no longer members of the organization and may not claim any of the membership benefits or privileges. In order to voluntarily cancel membership, dues must be paid up at the time the request is formally initiated through a letter. A process with the chapter's executive board commences, and pending approval, the member is granted inactivity.

Membership in an alumnae association is a voluntary activity. Members who have taken alumnae status are not obligated to participate in any sorority activities.

There is a special ceremony called the Jewel Degree to mark the passage from collegiate to alumnae membership. Members are not required to participate in this ceremony to be considered alumnae-- so long as they are paid up and graduated/have left the unversity, they are alum.