Alumni Connections
Our undergraduates can benefit from speaking directly with leaders in the private and non-profit sphere whose paths as humanities majors have often been unpredictable yet rewarding and meaningful.
Alumni Connections seeks to show students that studying the humanities can lead to opportunities that, on the surface, may not appear to be directly connected to their particular major in the humanities. As part of that goal, this initiative seeks to bring together current humanities undergraduates and successful alumni of those programs for candid conversations about career discernment with a humanities degree.
Alumni Connections Speaker Series
During the 2020–2021 academic year, the Alumni Connections speaker series shifted to a virtual format, tailoring events to individual departments and programs in the humanities at Emory. Participants gathered on Zoom from all over the world, and alumni working in entrepreneurship, arts administration, tech, public health, law, education, government, nonprofits, and medicine shared real-world examples of the humanities at work throughout their careers. The Office of Advancement & Alumni Engagement is a key partner in creating this program to identify successful graduates in the humanities and share their success stories.
Alumni Panel Recordings Now Available
Recordings of the 2020–2021 Alumni Connections speaker series are now available online, and we have relaunched the virtual series for the 2021–2022 year. Please register today using the links above.
The Alumni Speaker Series at a Glace
Since the launch of the Alumni Connections Speaker Series in the fall of 2020, we have achieved remarkable engagement through the support of the Mellon grant.
Over the period from 2020 to 2024, we organized a total of 24 panels and 4 dinners, engaging participants from 14 different departments. This includes 77 alumni, 119 professors, and 584 students. Additionally, 57 staff members participated in our events.
This series has seen substantial growth, with a notable increase in student attendance, underscoring the series' value in fostering meaningful connections and enriching the academic and professional journeys of our students. After the pandemic, we decided to conduct these events in a hybrid format, allowing for both in-person and virtual participation to maximize accessibility and engagement.