“Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your interest, your Yale alumni association has a way for you to connect, engage, learn, and serve,” said Lise P. Chapman ’81 M.B.A., chair of the Association of Yale Alumni (AYA) board of governors, when the AYA board gathered at Yale on Sept. 4-6 to preview plans for the new school year and review the successes of 2013-2014.
Alumni engagement has deep roots at Yale, which was the first institution of higher education, beginning in 1792, to identify graduates on the basis of specific undergraduate class year affiliation, a basic step in organizing alumni affairs.A landmark in Yale alumni relations will be celebrated this year, when the Cincinnati Yale Club (CYC) marks its 150th anniversary with a two-day program of music, lectures, and an address by President Peter Salovey ’86 Ph.D. The CYC was the first regional association of alumni from Yale, and among the first such groups founded by any university’s graduates. The events on Sept. 19-20 in Cincinnati will salute the legacy of regional alumni groups for Yale — which now include more than 120 groups throughout the United States and 40 international Yale alumni associations, all with programming during the year.
