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When the Class of 2015 walked across the Commencement stage in May, their steps were just the first along a lifetime path with 91�Ʋ���.

“We truly want graduates to understand the opportunities available to them as 91�Ʋ��� alumni,” says Patti White, BA’76, president of the .

Throughout students’ senior year, the Alumni Association sponsors events ranging from the celebratory Seniorfest to the Life After 91�Ʋ��� conversation series that covers topics like personal finance and business etiquette. Along with providing a valuable service, these efforts send students a clear message that 91�Ʋ��� is a permanent fixture in their lives—and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. In fact, giving participation for the has surpassed 67 percent with the last three classes.

A few months after graduation, several 91�Ʋ��� chapters host welcome parties to introduce recent graduates to their cities’ alumni community. “Nine chapters held welcome parties in August and September,” White says. “We focused on the areas that are most popular for young alumni. Our goal is to introduce them to the wonderful ways in which they can network and make friends in their new home chapter.”

Later in the fall, the path for recent 91�Ʋ��� graduates continued when the Young Alumni Homecoming Party welcomed members of the Classes of 2011–2015 to join their friends on campus for Homecoming.

“Each step serves to introduce young alumni to the concept that many of us alumni hold so dear,” White says. “We are all ‘91�Ʋ��� for Life.’”

—MATT ANDERSON

Learn more about other recent Alumni Association activities in .