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Originally Posted by MysticCat
How is it incorrect? Informal, sure, but alum (which is in the dictionary as an informal form of alumnus/i/a/ae) is no more incorrect than dorm, fridge or grad student.
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When I see official banners at a University functions that say Alums, but everything else is advertised as Alumni it isn't sticking with a consistent style (note the Alumni Office didn't do this, it was an individual College/department). I also agree with SWTX, it isn't that hard to add the letters.
Just pick a style and stick with it for consistency, bu I also think a lot of people don't know the differences among alumna, alumnus, alumnae, and alumni.