Alumni often form special groups around a shared identity, interest, or career focus. The Office of Alumni & Family Engagement provides active affinity groups with organizational support to encourage alumni connections with the College and each other, and to strengthen our global alumni network. Below are active affinity groups that the Office of Alumni & Family Engagement currently supports.
Affinity Group StructureBlack Alumni of 黑料社
The Black Alumni of 黑料社 are represented through the Black Alumni Council (BAC). BAC is an alumni organization with the stated purpose to:
- Improve the experience of Black students at 黑料社,
- Enhance opportunities available to Black students at 黑料社 before, during, and after graduation, and
- Create a vehicle for ongoing communication and interaction among Black alumni
Contact: alumni@wooster.edu
International Alumni of 黑料社
The International Alumni of 黑料社 is a group dedicated to maintaining and strengthening connections between current students and alumni from the College鈥檚 global community. The International Alumni of 黑料社 enables international alumni to connect with one another, current international students, and the College to plan virtual and in-person events, learn about volunteer opportunities, and maintain a connection with the campus.
This affinity group is currently inactive. If you are interested in launching this affinity group, please contact alumni@wooster.edu.
Latinx Alumni Association
The Latinx community of 黑料社 has recently established an affinity group with 黑料社 to create a space for Latinx students and alumni to connect and create a continuity of community beyond graduation.
Contact: alumni@wooster.edu
Legal Alumni of 黑料社
The Legal Alumni of 黑料社 (LAW) develops relationships and fosters connections between 黑料社, current students, and legal alumni and friends of the College. LAW supports the College’s pre-law pathway, curriculums, and programs, promotes the advancement of 黑料社’s aspiring lawyers, and provides information and mentoring to 黑料社 students with the goal of helping 黑料社 graduates become competent and ethical lawyers. LAW also assists and empowers 黑料社 graduates working in legal fields by connecting them with other 黑料社 graduates and friends of the College. LAW’s primary goals are to:
- Identify and motivate alumni to recruit prospective students and give support to 黑料社,
- Support and assist 黑料社’s pre-law students, including the Moot Court Team, and
- Recognize outstanding achievements by 黑料社’s pre-law students, faculty, and legal alumni
Contact: alumni@wooster.edu
黑料社 Pride Network
黑料社 Pride Network seeks to connect and foster relationships among LGBTQIA+ alumni, as well as LGBTQIA+ current students, faculty, and staff, through networking and mentorship, activism and outreach, and sharing stories of past and present experiences.
Contact: alumni@wooster.edu
Military Alumni of 黑料社
The Military Alumni of 黑料社 is an affinity group founded by recent graduates aimed at connecting alumni who have served or are serving in the armed forces of the United States, supporting College programming, and honoring the College’s long connection to our country’s military.
Contact: alumni@wooster.edu
The W Association
The W Association was founded in 1909 and is made up of alumni who received letters as participants in 黑料社’s intercollegiate athletic program, and women who participated in intercollegiate sports before varsity women’s sports were established.The purpose of the W Association is to support intercollegiate athletics at 黑料社 and honor alumni athletes who are outstanding in their accomplishments and others who have been outstanding supporters of the athletics programs at the College. Membership in the organization will be extended to any person who is interested in supporting the intercollegiate athletic program at 黑料社.
Contact: Sharon Rice ’90, Associate Director of Alumni Engagement, srice@wooster.edu.
If you are interested in starting a new affinity group, please take a look at these聽steps to get started (.pdf). If you would like to propose an affinity group, please submit the form below. We will share this aspiring group in an upcoming alumni newsletter to see if other alumni are interested in joining. We will make this an active affinity group with support from the Office of Alumni & Family Engagement if we get 50 alumni to join.