• To promote the Seidman College of Business and to support the mission statement of the Seidman College of Business.
• To provide networking opportunities for Seidman Alumni while keeping them connected with Seidman College.
• To provide mentorship and guidance to current Seidman students.
• To provide assistance to the Dean of the Seidman College of Business in developing and executing strategic plans for the Seidman College.
• To support Alumni in their quest to be leaders in the local business community.

When two or more people, associations, small businesses or Fortune 500 corporations are combined, the goal is typically to create more than the sum of its parts - add two and two together and get five. The added benefit of the combination of these multiple parts is referred to as synergy. The expectations from synergy are much maligned in business circles as an often promised, seldom achieved, result. A key ingredient in achieving synergy is the active participation of each part in working towards success of the whole. We, in the Alumni Association, are seeking to kindle (or, in many circumstances, rekindle) this key ingredient in our fellow alumni and to bring value to our fellow alumni, the School of Business and the West Michigan business community. To this end, the active participation of you, our fellow alumni, is a key ingredient in making the Alumni Association greater than the sum of its parts.

Together, by actively participating, we are establishing the Alumni Association as a provider of

• Opportunities to support, and be supported by, your business school
• Continuing business education
• Information and updates on current business school activities
• A community of which to be a part, and within which to network

As part of this process, we are defining and growing the role of the Alumni Association and its members in the West Michigan business community. To be successful in these endeavors, we need your help. We invite, request, and encourage you to:

• Attend Seidman College of Business functions such as our Breakfast Speaker series
• Provide feedback regarding business leaders and issues in which you are interested and desire to learn more
• Volunteer your time to organize an Alumni Association event
• Solicit your employers to sponsor, in whole or in part, an Alumni Association event
• Join the Alumni Association as an actively participating member

To assist in communicating with business alumni, the Seidman Alumni Board maintains an email list to alert you to programming that may be of interest to you as an alum. If you would like to be added to the Seidman alumni email list, please complete the short form below. Please note that you may receive information from the [email protected] email address or from members of our Alumni Board.

Please click here to complete the form to stay connected.

We look forward to connecting with you!