Alma mater (Latin: alma ''nourishing/kind'', mater ''mother''; pl. (rarely used) almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase for a university or college. In modern usage, it is a school or university which an individual has attended, or a song or hymn associated with a school. The phrase is variously translated as ''nourishing mother'', ''nursing mother'', or ''fostering mother'', suggesting that a school provides intellectual nourishment to its students. Fine arts will often depict educational institutions using a robed woman as a visual metaphor.
Answer this question, making sure that the answer is supported by the text: do you have to graduate to have an alma mater?

Pick your answer from:
(a). no;
(b). yes;
(a).