Bryn Athyn College Alumni Magazine Winter 2015 | Page 3

A MESSAGE FROM DAVE COOPER
The Bryn Athyn College Alumni Association (BACAA) exists to represent alumni
in a relationship with the College, and to help the College’s alumni and friends
see where the College is headed, and why. The Association has been around for
many years, but as Bryn Athyn College has grown, so have we.
The College/ alumni relationship provides mutual benefits. The College needs
its alumni, and the Alumni Association is here to help rally that support. We are
friend-raising, and we want you to feel good about supporting the College with
Dave Cooper
your donations of good spirit, time, and resources. You are also the products of
BACAA President
this institution — the purpose for which it exists and the ambassadors of its use
and success. The BACAA is dedicated to helping the College provide continuing benefit to you.
The Alumni Association is given extraordinary insight into the administration and goals of the
College. We participate as your representatives in strategic planning, career programs, scholarship
development, and recruiting; and we have ready access all the way to the President’s office. With this
insight, we can help steward the unique mission of the College. We have a growing population of
alumni who have benefitted from the integrated civil, moral, and spiritual education; an experience
that tends to create bonds that extend beyond a few years of living in the same community. The
Alumni Association endeavors to support that bond in a variety of ways, for example:
• Increasing levels of communication to help you stay engaged in the College with a true picture
of what is happening here, and with an understanding of what the College offers to the world
through its programs and its graduates.
• Networking among alumni who are finding ways to apply the unique attributes of a Bryn
Athyn education to their professions or other intentional life pursuits.
• Career development that can bring talented and trustworthy graduates to your businesses and
communities, and help young alumni find their calling.
• Support of students and faculty to help advance the programs that are meaningful to us as
individuals and groups.
You can get involved in these initiatives today, and have a
Please sign up or renew
positive influence on the future of this institution. Start
your membership!
with membership in the Bryn Athyn College Alumni
www.brynathyn.edu/alumni
Association. For the last 5 years or so, we’ve had tiers of
membership – it wasn’t always that way, so let me explain.
Everyone who ever went to the College is automatically a
member of the Alumni Association, and you’ll be included in our communications and events unless
you tell us otherwise. If you are willing to support the operation of the Association with dues of $25/
year, we classify you as an Active Member. There is also a lifetime membership for a donation of $500.
These dues enable us to support alumni events like our Charter Day Open House, special events
for students, and our new Alumni Association student scholarship. They also help us improve our
administrative capabilities so we can maintain contact with you and provide you with information
that represents the evolution of life after college.

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