Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
- Alumni Affairs
- Alumni House
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
Established in 1968 as a portfolio in the Department of Information at Trent University, Alumni Engagement and Services’ (also known as Alumni House, Alumni Affairs) primary function is to engage and connect 65,000+ Trent University alumni.
The need for Alumni Engagement and Services was rooted in the development of the Trent University Alumni Association (TUAA). Established by Trent University’s first graduating class in 1967-1968, the Association’s main focus was to maintain friendships and connections they had developed as students, and they engaged university services in order to do so. The university agreed to maintain contact lists for alumni and produce a bulletin/newsletter to keep alumni up to date on university affairs.
Alumni Engagement and Services works closely with the TUAA to provide alumni with services, perks, benefits, and arrange events for alumni. Alumni Engagement and Services also publish the Trent Magazine and engage alumni in fundraising.
Louis Taylor was the Coordinator of Alumni Engagement and Services from 1974-1976. Bruce Hurley was the Coordinator from 1979 to 1984, Tony Storey was Coordinator from 1984-1988 and then Director from 1988-2011. Lee Hays was Director from 2011-2023. Naomi Hadley has been Director since 2023.
Since 2006, Alumni Engagement and Services has operated in Alumni House, which was previously the Champlain College Master’s Lodge (Focus Trent V. 6 No. 1). Previously, they have had offices at Catharine Parr Traill College and Lady Eaton College.