Interesting Alumni Figures Posted

[greenit]

On the back cover of the most recent North Texan publication, it references 361,000 total alumni with 237,000 living in the DFW 'area'.

Not sure if their definition of alumni is a former graduate or former enrollee or something else, but thought the number was pretty interesting and I had not seen it published anywhere as far as I could remember. FWIW, I always have assumed alumni to mean a former graduate.

[Greenrex]

I'm wondering what other schools could match that number of former students living that close to campus. UH? South Florida? UCLA?

[GreenBat]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/alumni

[Ben Gooding]

Alum in general is used for graduates. If former enrollees use it they are just trying to feel better about themselves.

[BigDanTeague]

Or they're going by the dictionary definition.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alumni

[Christopher Walker]

An alum officially to the university and Association is anyone who attended school for any period of time.

Ergo Norah Jones is an alum.