About Us
Get to know the Alumni Relations Team and the Alumni Council!
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Benefits and Services
This is for You
If you’re a graduate or have spent at least one semester at Southern Adventist University,
you’re automatically part of our Alumni Association! We’re thrilled to offer you these
complimentary benefits and services.
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Explore the perks and services you have access to as a member of Southern's Alumni Association
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Alumni Events
The Alumni Relations team hosts events around the country to provide the opportunity for you to network with alumni in your area. We hope you and your family will join us at one of our upcoming events! Help spread the word—invite your alumni friends to join us.
If you are interested in helping host an alumni event in your area, we'd love to connect with you! Send us an email at alumni@southern.edu.
If you are interested in helping host an alumni event in your area, we'd love to connect with you! Send us an email at alumni@southern.edu.
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Alumni Finder
The Alumni Finder is a tool available to all alumni and attendees of Southern. After logging in, you'll be able to reach out to fellow alumni using The Promenade, our online resource hub for alumni. Need help navigating the Alumni Finder? Watch our video showing how to use it.
Access to the Alumni Finder is available with an account for The Promenade. Please allow us up to one business day to approve new accounts. Your contact information is important to us and is not shared without your permission. Alumni can use the platform to send you an email, but your email address is not shared. We hope this tool will be a useful way for friends to reconnect.
Access to the Alumni Finder is available with an account for The Promenade. Please allow us up to one business day to approve new accounts. Your contact information is important to us and is not shared without your permission. Alumni can use the platform to send you an email, but your email address is not shared. We hope this tool will be a useful way for friends to reconnect.
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Campus News
Learn the latest news from campus! Articles are written by Southern staff and students.
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Career Services
You are able to utilize free resources provided by Career Services, including career counseling, access to online tools, assistance with resumes, cover letters, and interviewing skills. Contact us at alumni@southern.edu if you have questions about this perk.
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Columns Magazine Archives
Columns is the official magazine of Southern Adventist University, produced by Marketing and University Relations to provide information to alumni and other friends of the university. Your feedback is always welcome at columns@southern.edu.
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Email Access
Maintain lifetime access to your Southern email account by logging in on a regular basis. If you have lost access to your Southern email account, please use this form to regain access.
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Estate Planning | How will you leave a legacy?
The Planned Giving Office provides free estate planning assistance—no strings attached! If Southern is included as a beneficiary in your plan, you may receive a reimbursement of up to $1,000 of your estate planning attorney fees.
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Future Alumni Gifts Program
The Alumni Relations team is proud of the bond that ties together past, present, and future generations of alumni. To help celebrate meaningful milestones in the lives of alumni families, this program is designed to excite your children about their future at Southern with a series of age-appropriate gifts.
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Graduation Gift (Class of 2023-Present)
If you’re a member of the Class of 2023 or later and participated in commencement, we have a gift for you! We’ve partnered with StageClip to create a personalized video of your moment on stage. Visit southern.stageclip.com and search your name to watch and download your clip.
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Homecoming Weekend
Alumni Homecoming Weekend is an annual event when all alumni and attendees are invited to come back to campus to reminisce, reconnect, and renew a passion for learning. Homecoming is from Thursday to Sunday on the 4th weekend of October. Events include a banquet to recognize our honored alumni, education workshops led by Southern faculty and staff, complimentary meals, dedication reunions, and much more.
You can also go back and watch services from past Homecoming Weekends, including the award ceremony at our Kick-Off Banquet, Vespers, Church, and special Sabbath afternoon programs going back to 2020. Find those here.
You can also go back and watch services from past Homecoming Weekends, including the award ceremony at our Kick-Off Banquet, Vespers, Church, and special Sabbath afternoon programs going back to 2020. Find those here.
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Honored Alumni (Nominations)
Every year at Homecoming Weekend, the Alumni Association publicly recognizes 6-8 alumni with the awarding of the Distinguished Service, Alumni of the Year, Young Alumni of the Year, Graduate Studies Alumni of the Year, Southern Lady of the Year, and Honorary Alumni. The honorees are nominated by the alumni association and voted on by the alumni council. If you want to nominate someone to receive an alumni award, submit your nomination.
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Hulsey Wellness Center
Alumni and their household family members are eligible to receive discounted memberships. Find the discount amount and more information about Hulsey's memberships here.
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LifeGroup Starter Kit
A LifeGroup is a great way to build community and deepen your spiritual journey! Modeled after the student LifeGroups program, Alumni Lifegroups are hosted by alumni, for alumni. They are intended to create a place of belonging where you can draw closer to God and build a spiritual community. Our team is here to help you learn about Alumni LifeGroups and, if you're interested, start your own.
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Local Lodging | Hotel Discounts & Southern Airbnbs
We love when our alumni come to visit! We work with local hotels to offer discounts to alumni. These discounts are offered at the discretion of the hotel. We've found that the person who answers the phone doesn't always know about the discount. If you have any trouble, please reach out to us!
Southern also owns and operates lodging on Airbnb.
Southern also owns and operates lodging on Airbnb.
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McKee Library
Gain in-person, complimentary borrowing privileges and access to other resources with a library card. Contact our team to get your library card!
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Prayer Call
Let us come together to pray over Southern's students, employees, campus, and extended family. We'll focus on praying for a specific area of campus, and we'll pray for each other, as well. If you have a request you'd like to be prayed for during the prayer call, you can share during the call or beforehand using our prayer request form.
Pray with us on Mondays from 8-8:30 p.m. EST via Zoom. Sign up for Prayer Call Notifications through email or WhatsApp. You may also click here to join the Zoom call directly.
Pray with us on Mondays from 8-8:30 p.m. EST via Zoom. Sign up for Prayer Call Notifications through email or WhatsApp. You may also click here to join the Zoom call directly.
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QuickNotes Archives - Alumni E-Newsletter
QuickNotes is an e-newsletter that comes from Alumni Relations at Southern Adventist University. It is used to keep alumni and friends updated on current events on campus and share exclusive invitations to events and perks.
QuickNotes is sent to all alumni and attendees. If you are not receiving it but would like to, please update your information to ensure we have your correct email address. Please note if you have previously unsubscribed, you need to email us directly at alumni@southern.edu.
QuickNotes is sent to all alumni and attendees. If you are not receiving it but would like to, please update your information to ensure we have your correct email address. Please note if you have previously unsubscribed, you need to email us directly at alumni@southern.edu.
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Request Transcripts (Official/Unofficial)
Unofficial transcripts are obtained from Southern Adventist University, but official transcripts are obtained by the National Student Clearinghouse. Visit our webpage on transcripts to learn the difference and how to request them.
Please note that if you want to complete your graduate degree at Southern, you do not need to use this process to obtain your transcripts. Instead, please share your undergraduate information on the online graduate program application.
Please note that if you want to complete your graduate degree at Southern, you do not need to use this process to obtain your transcripts. Instead, please share your undergraduate information on the online graduate program application.
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School of Music Events
Our School of Music hosts events and concerts throughout the school year. As an alum/attendee, you are welcome to join us! You can find the list of concerts for the year online.
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Southern Accent Archives
The first school paper, The Southland Scroll, was published from 1929 to 1945. The paper has been called the Southern Accent since 1945. Find digitized issues going back to 1929 (excluding 1974-1975).
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Southern Graduate School | Waived Application Fee
The $40 application fee is waived for alumni interested in one of Southern's graduate programs.
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Southern News
See the latest news from campus.
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Southern Sweethearts Program
We are proud to recognize more than 3,500 married alumni couples! Whether you found love before you arrived on campus, as students, or later in life, we’re glad that Southern is a part of your journey together. Share your Southern sweetheart story as an announcement in our Southern Columns magazine and on our website collection of Southern sweetheart stories. Recently married? If you sign up within 1 year of your wedding, we'll also send you a small wedding gift!
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Submit a Prayer Request
If you have a prayer request you'd like to share with the prayer call, you can share it during the prayer call, or beforehand through our prayer request form.
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Update Your Information
We love hearing from alumni! Please use this form to ensure the accuracy of your alumni record and share life updates. Did you know you can see what contact information we have for you, and you can update it directly? Create your account on The Promenade and, after approval, access your profile.
Your privacy is important to us. Your personal contact information will only be shared with you express permission.
Your privacy is important to us. Your personal contact information will only be shared with you express permission.
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Yearbook Archives
Did you know that many of Southern's past yearbooks are available digitally through the McKee Library? Check and see if your year's yearbook is there!
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