Alumni chapters and contacts work for you

From game-watch parties and family picnics to community service projects and career networking, FIU alumni chapters and contacts help keep alumni connected to one another, their community and the University.

Alumni chapters are recognized chartered organizations established under the corporate umbrella of the FIU Alumni Association and comprising alumni and friends living in an assigned geographic area, associated with a college or professional school or having a shared special interest. A steering committee or board of directors must be formed in order to receive chartered status.

Alumni contacts are individual volunteers living in an area where an official board of directors or steering committee has not been formed. Volunteers serve as a point of contact for alumni and friends traveling to the area and a resource for FIU faculty and staff. Contacts may be called upon to assist the Alumni Association in developing and coordinating activities for area alumni.

In the past year, 17 chapters have been linked, initiated, organized or revived. They include the College of Education, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Honors College, School of Nursing, Stempel School of Public Health, College of Law, Department of Construction Management, Invitational Scholars Program, Peer Advisors, Alternative Spring Break, Graduate Program, Palm Beach County, Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Greater Washington D.C., Upstate New York and San Francisco. Two new contacts were established in the Republic of Panama and Santa Barbara, Calif.

For more information on alumni chapters and contacts or to express interest in helping us start a new alumni chapter, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 800-FIU-ALUM or e-mail alumni@fiu.edu.