Always a Greyhound—Your Young Alumni Checklist
You’re part of a lifelong Greyhound community—here’s your quick-start guide to staying connected, growing your career, and putting your Loyola experience to work after graduation.
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Why Staying Connected Matters
Being a Loyola graduate means lifelong membership in the Alumni Association network—friends, mentors, career contacts, learning opportunities, and ways to give back. Staying connected helps you grow professionally, find community, and access benefits as you launch your career.
Benefits include:
- Career support and networking
- Continuing education and credentialing
- Volunteer, leadership, and mentoring opportunities
- Events, Loyola Athletics, and regional engagement
First Year—Launch Your Alumni Journey
Use this checklist for your first year in the Loyola Alumni Association!
Update your contact and professional information
Make sure Loyola has your current mailing address and personal email so you can stay up-to-date on University news and receive invitations!
Activate lifelong career services
Schedule a career check-in with the Rizzo Career Center.
Explore graduate program benefits
Take advantage of the Double Greyhound tuition discount available to alumni for Loyola graduate programs.
Claim your alumni discounts
Loyola's ASPIRE program offers continuing education online courses for career growth and personal development. Each course will offer a CEU certificate. Alumni enjoy a special 20% discount on ASPIRE courses.
The Fitness & Aquatic Center also offers membership to Loyola alumni. Learn more about an alumni FAC membership.
Find your regional chapter
Our Alumni Association regional chapters help you stay connected with fellow Greyhounds who live and work in your area.
Attend Alumni Weekend and regional events
Make plans to "come home" to the Evergreen campus for Alumni Weekend, which features the annual Bull & Oyster Roast, athletics events, and reunions.
Be sure to bookmark our Alumni Events page to stay connected.
Check your technology access
Update important accounts within 18 months of graduation.
Volunteer
Give back by mentoring a student or helping with alumni programs.
Greyhounds Give
Consider a donation of support to Loyola on Greyhounds Give, our annual spring day of giving.
Alumni are encouraged to give to any area of Loyola that is personally meaningful to you. From scholarships, to campus programs and experiences for students, or your favorite Greyhounds team—every gift strengthens Loyola and grows our pride for our school.
Years 2-5—Grow Your Network and Deepen Your Impact
As you settle into your early career and alumni life, these years are the perfect time to deepen your connections, expand your impact, and make your mark as a proud Greyhound.
Expand your network
Expand your professional networks through industry events and Loyola Alumni LinkedIn groups.
Advance your skills
Advance your skill set with continuing education ASPIRE courses or graduate program opportunities.
Serve as a leader
Let us know how you can serve as an alumni volunteer. There are opportunities to join an alumni board or serve as a committee member to take a more active role in alumni activities related to national, regional, or affinity groups.
Learn about our Young Hounds Giving Circle of the President's Society. Circle members enjoy special recognition and the same leadership donor benefits as President’s Society (Green & Grey) members, including an invitation to the annual President's Christmas Party.
Make a gift
Pay forward your Loyola experience to the next generation of Greyhounds with a personally meaningful gift.
Your gift strengthens academic excellence, provides scholarships, supports study abroad, fuels career readiness, advances mission-centered experiences, and so much more. See the impact of alumni giving.
Keep strong connections
Stay connected through your Alumni Association regional chapter, alumni events, and Alumni Weekend!
You're always welcome on campus! Stop by the Alumni House when visiting.
Go Hounds!
One of the most fun ways to stay involved with Loyola is cheering on the Greyhounds when they visit your area. Visit LoyolaGreyhounds.com for all team schedules.
If you're living in or visiting Baltimore, attend a game at Reitz Arena or Ridley Athletic Complex with your friends. Remember, tailgating is open at Ridley!
Pro Tips for New Graduates
- Use your Loyola alumni status as a differentiator. When it’s time for a job or networking conversation, mention that you're a Loyola graduate and tap into the Greyhound network. It pays off. 🤝
- Set goals for alumni engagement. (Do this for your life and career as well!) 🎯
- 30-day goal: Keep your contact info current; update your LinkedIn profile and join our group
- 1-year goal: Attend one alumni event; come to Alumni Weekend; volunteer
- 3-year goal: Become an alumni mentor; pursue a graduate degree; join a board or leadership giving circle
- Keep an Ignatian mindset. Remember the Jesuit tradition of cura personalis (care for the whole person) and carry it into your life and work. Ignatian spirituality is spirituality for everyday life. Practice daily reflection. 🙏
- Need a copy of your transcript or a your diploma? No problem. We've got you covered. 🎓
- Stay up-to-date: Read our monthly Evergreen Update alumni email newsletter for the latest news from Loyola and follow our Instagram. #ForeverLoyola 📷
Questions?
Office of Alumni Engagement
📧 alumni@loyola.edu | ☎️ 410-617-2475
There are a number of ways to engage with Loyola as a graduate and show your Greyhound pride—from volunteering or mentoring current students to serving on a committee or advisory board to attending networking or campus events. Discover the myriad ways our Greyhound community can connect—or reconnect—with our University and one another.
