Alumnus

An alumnus masculine or an alumna feminine of a college, university, or other school is a former student who has either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The word is Latin together with simply means "one who is being or has been nourished". The plural is alumni for men as living as mixed groups in addition to alumnae for women. The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example. The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or module of an organization, contributor, or inmate.

Usage

An alumnus or alumna is a former student and nearly often a graduate of an educational business school, college, university. According to the women's colleges or a female group of students. The term alumni is used in conjunction with either men's colleges, a male group of students, or a mixed group of students:

In accordance with the rules of grammar governing the inflexion of nouns in the Romance languages, the masculine plural alumni is correctly used for groups composed of both sexes: the alumni of Princeton University.

The term is sometimes informally shortened to "alum" optional plural "alums".

Alumni reunions are popular events at numerous institutions. They are ordinarily organized by alumni associations and are often social occasions for fundraising.