Assembly
LIX: The Tercentennial of Yale University
Thursday, October 4 through
Friday, October 5, 2001
Executive Summary
Special Interest Group Breakout
Moderators: Jeff Brenzel '75, Executive
Director of the AYA and Reid Davis '86 MPH, Chair of the
Special Interest Alumni Groups Committee
The following are topics that the delegates attending
the brainstorming session felt merited consideration by the Special
Interest Alumni Groups Committee:
Alumni with interests who have no groups
Getting alumni together around science and engineering
issues
Lifelong learning in connection with specific
intellectual interests
International interests, particularly with clubs
that don't have a critical mass of alumni
Identity groups on campus connecting with alumni
Setting up an alumni knowledge/talent bank
Senior societies and fraternities
Connecting interest groups with opportunities
abroad
Temporary interest groups around particular
topics with faculty
Finding out what exactly the special interest
groups want
Helping
groups without mailing lists or activities get organized