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There are always going to be people who look at the fraternity/sorority experience as a four year college thing, and then there are those of us who think it's a lifetime. By reaching out to alumnae, whether it be via hard copy newsletters, holiday cards, birthday cards, email newsletters, websites, you can find a lot of alums, but the work has to go into it.

On the other hand, alums can't sit back and think that the collegiate chapter is just going to simply cater to them. It's a two way relationship, as others have said, and you'll get out of it what you put into it.

As for coming back for events, James, you're right. Most alums come back to see their old friends. I have a core group of women who I went to school with/graduated with, and we always make plans to go. And yeah, we chat with new girls and hang out at the house, but we also go to see each other!