General Information T he University of South Alabama Alumni Association was founded in 1974 with a mission to foster and maintain an active relationship between alumni, students, friends and the University. It exists to provide support to the University. The Association is governed by a 17-member board of directors who oversee the business of the Association. The executive council consists of the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and the executive of the Office of Alumni Affairs.
Officers serve one-year terms.
Directors elected with the officers at the May annual meeting serve two-year terms. Among the activities sponsored by the Alumni Association are homecoming events, golf tournaments, alumni receptions and leadership scholarship programs which attract students from all over the United States. The Association sponsors the Southerners. The Southerners is a 16-member group serving as theUniversity ambassadors. The ambassadors assist with recruitment, fund raising and alumni functions.