My chapter is very dilligent about respecting alums (I use the word alums, because I can never remember the proper term
We stand everytime an alum enters the room. We even do it in the lunch room when alums who work at our university come in to get lunch. One of my proffessors is an alum of my chapter and I asked her for permission not to stand up every class when she enters the room (we did it on the first day though just to be cute!) We have enormous alum support and we all appreciate it. We always thank them and we know that we wouldnt be the amazing chapter we are without them. We have atleast 2 alums at every meeting (which is hard because our meetings are wednesday nights at 9:15pm) We also have events with our alums which helps the younger girls get to know them and we all look forward to seeing our alums at these events. I'll ask my CCD tonight for some ideas on how to improve alum/collegiate relations and get back to you.