Email from King’s College London:
Dear Margaret,
Your connection to King’s doesn’t end when your studies do. As a King’s alum, you remain part of our community and your opinions and interests matter.
In our alumni survey, we are hoping to learn more about how our alumni feel about King’s, our alumni offer and how they’d like to stay connected. …
Interestingly, it goes on to say:
To recognise and celebrate the contribution of our alumni, five people who complete the survey will be chosen at random to have their profile displayed on the digital screens on The Strand, alongside our notable alumni.
I am curious about the new term alum, which avoids them having to write alumnus/alumna in a standard email. I suspect it will get more common – it’s currently usually recommended for casual rather than official use, which explains why they go on to use alumni. There seems no inclination to use alumnae as a feminine plural.
