Class Officers

Administration of Class Officer Procedures

The Executive Director shall administer the procedures for selecting class officers and shall monitor their performance.

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Nomination and Selection of Class Officers

Prior to graduation, the members of each senior class of the college shall select from among the members of the class a Class President and at least one other officer and may select any additional officers that they deem appropriate. The officers shall serve until the class’s fifth-year reunion. During that reunion year and each reunion year thereafter, the members of the class shall select officers to serve until the next reunion year.

Each member of the class may nominate one or more class members for each officer position to be filled. The Class President may appoint a nominations committee to present a slate of additional nominees. Nominees for officer positions will be distributed to all class members whose contact information is known at that time.

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Class Officer Vacancy

If any Class President ceases to serve, the Vice President of that class, if any, succeeds to the presidency for the remainder of the former Class President’s term. If no Vice President is available to succeed to the presidency, the Executive Director, in consultation with the President of the Association, shall appoint a President to serve for the remainder of the term.

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Duties of Class Officers

The Class Officers have a key role in furthering, within their respective classes, the goals of the Association. The Class President shall serve as the executive officer of the class for all matters, shall call and preside at any meeting of the class, and may establish and appoint the members of any class committee as deemed appropriate. Except as delegated to any other officer by the class, the Class President also is responsible for coordinating reunion plans with the Class Vice President and a reunion committee; communicating with the members of the class at least annually about activities at the college, alumni volunteer opportunities, and matters concerning the class; and providing class notes, web updates, award nominations, and contact updates for members of the class.

For cluster reunions, the Class Officers are expected to productively work together with the other Class Officers in their cluster to create a fun, stimulating, and meaningful reunion that appeals to the vast majority of potential participants. In the event that the Class Officers do not fulfill the responsibility of reunion planning in a timely manner, the Executive Director, in consultation with the President of the Association, may appoint alternative leadership for reunion planning.

The Class President is encouraged to support the fundraising efforts of the Class Agents and other class fundraising volunteers, especially during a reunion gift campaign. As part of the agreement to serve as a key volunteer, all Class Presidents shall be required to make a financial contribution to the college annually.

Class Officers are expected to demonstrate an interest in alumni activities occurring in their locale.

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Class Officer Representation on the Council

Class Officers shall select one Class President to serve as a representative of all Class Officers for a three-year term on the Council. This will be accomplished by soliciting interest among Class Presidents and taking nominations from Officers. The vote will occur through online voting by Class Officers, who will be sent a ballot of nominees and the nominees’ statements of interest.

The Office of Alumni Engagement will tally the results and report them to the Council, which will affirm the Class Officer representative. In most cases this will be the nominee with the most votes; however, the Council retains the right to also consider factors that will maintain diversity of representatives on the Council.

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Half-Century Club

The members of each class that is celebrating or has celebrated its 50th reunion are members of the Half-Century Club, which holds a reunion annually.