Alum
noun
A person who has graduated from a school, college, or university.
She is an alum of Harvard University.
Often appears as...
- school alum
- university alum
noun
A type of chemical compound, used in some types of baking powder or for purification of water.
Alum is used in the water treatment process to remove particles.
Often appears as...
- potassium alum
- soda alum
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noun
A person who has graduated from a school, college, or university.
She is an alum of Harvard University.
Often appears as...
- school alum
- university alum
noun
A type of chemical compound, used in some types of baking powder or for purification of water.
Alum is used in the water treatment process to remove particles.
Often appears as...
- potassium alum
- soda alum
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Alumni Events
Used to refer to graduates attending or invited to school events, often for networking.
Join fellow alums at the annual reunion dinner.
Pro Tip 2/3School Pride
Conveys a sense of belonging and pride when referring to one's own alma mater.
As an alum, she always wore her university's colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Fundraising Context
Alumni are often approached by their institutions for donations or support.
The college reaches out to alums for its scholarship fund.
Pro Tip 1/3Alumni Events
Used to refer to graduates attending or invited to school events, often for networking.
Join fellow alums at the annual reunion dinner.
Pro Tip 2/3School Pride
Conveys a sense of belonging and pride when referring to one's own alma mater.
As an alum, she always wore her university's colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Fundraising Context
Alumni are often approached by their institutions for donations or support.
The college reaches out to alums for its scholarship fund.
Pro Tip 1/3Alumni Events
Used to refer to graduates attending or invited to school events, often for networking.
Join fellow alums at the annual reunion dinner.
Pro Tip 2/3School Pride
Conveys a sense of belonging and pride when referring to one's own alma mater.
As an alum, she always wore her university's colors.
Pro Tip 3/3Fundraising Context
Alumni are often approached by their institutions for donations or support.
The college reaches out to alums for its scholarship fund.
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
gonna happen is Tunney's actually gonna move this deep into chitwa or and that will just kind of make everything a little bit more sort of settled as we have as many cars but how cool is this I'm so happy right now that we managed to find these two you I kind of driving along going down towards where we thought Sibley was and kind of there was a little alum but just sitting on the side of the road and I actually didn't
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Storytellers Summit Day...
it became martyr of the world so I'm not sure quite where I stand right now witness let's stick with the illness and actually there is a referenced in in Egyptian mythology about linkages between witness in martyrs so but that's another story give it up there - Shaheed or alum
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John Maeda: My journey...
And so I realized it was O.K. to go. So, I'm going to RISD, actually. Who's a RISD alum out there? RISD alums? Yeah, RISD. There we go, RISD. Woo, RISD. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Art Center -- Art Center is good, too. RISD is kind of my new kind of passion,
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She Shoots, She Scores:...
and like i just i i was meant to play sports like i just know that and so um to have that protected i think is very important and i'll say that you know i've had the privilege of hearing from so many of my alums since my retirement was announced
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
trying to spit or vomit some seeds as now we have come to winter the only eating the husks and then the hard part of the seed they'll get it out so that's the gray go away bad they'll always help us sometimes when they make alum coughs
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Children Watch Lion Kill...
obsession see the guinea fellows on that all alum they're telling the other animals that the line is here all making no alarm call she's got it look look look look Saba wants to teach the girls about the realities of life
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Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
you know fitting and doing the thing drongos feeding on insects are the white weight go about feeding on the fruit from the trees any alum call anything that I think could help me of where I am currently
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Creating whole-table...
related to a non-profit I've done it at universe of a jigna last week we had six of them where we had dinners with Board of Visitors with alums with donors and each one had an individual topic and
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
this month or early December they should be dropping down the alums City concentrate on that short yummy green grass in order dry grass and likewise with elephants alia eating
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A child of the state -...
fostered Jane Eyre adopted Roald Dahl's James from James and the Giant Peach Matilda Moses Moses Moses the the boys in Michael Morpurgo friends or foe alum
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Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
gonna happen is Tunney's actually gonna move this deep into chitwa or and that will just kind of make everything a little bit more sort of settled as we have as many cars but how cool is this I'm so happy right now that we managed to find these two you I kind of driving along going down towards where we thought Sibley was and kind of there was a little alum but just sitting on the side of the road and I actually didn't
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Storytellers Summit Day...
it became martyr of the world so I'm not sure quite where I stand right now witness let's stick with the illness and actually there is a referenced in in Egyptian mythology about linkages between witness in martyrs so but that's another story give it up there - Shaheed or alum
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John Maeda: My journey...
And so I realized it was O.K. to go. So, I'm going to RISD, actually. Who's a RISD alum out there? RISD alums? Yeah, RISD. There we go, RISD. Woo, RISD. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Art Center -- Art Center is good, too. RISD is kind of my new kind of passion,
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She Shoots, She Scores:...
and like i just i i was meant to play sports like i just know that and so um to have that protected i think is very important and i'll say that you know i've had the privilege of hearing from so many of my alums since my retirement was announced
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
trying to spit or vomit some seeds as now we have come to winter the only eating the husks and then the hard part of the seed they'll get it out so that's the gray go away bad they'll always help us sometimes when they make alum coughs
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Children Watch Lion Kill...
obsession see the guinea fellows on that all alum they're telling the other animals that the line is here all making no alarm call she's got it look look look look Saba wants to teach the girls about the realities of life
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
you know fitting and doing the thing drongos feeding on insects are the white weight go about feeding on the fruit from the trees any alum call anything that I think could help me of where I am currently
Video examples
Creating whole-table...
related to a non-profit I've done it at universe of a jigna last week we had six of them where we had dinners with Board of Visitors with alums with donors and each one had an individual topic and
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
this month or early December they should be dropping down the alums City concentrate on that short yummy green grass in order dry grass and likewise with elephants alia eating
Video examples
A child of the state -...
fostered Jane Eyre adopted Roald Dahl's James from James and the Giant Peach Matilda Moses Moses Moses the the boys in Michael Morpurgo friends or foe alum
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
The University of Pennsylvania and my wonderful colleagues in the Department of Religious Studies have been routinely sent hate emails about me. Calls to fire me are numerous. Some have even come from within the university. The Penn Switchboard is flooded with calls, and the more conservative alums threaten to stop contributing.
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Chuck Todd
American Journalist
I'm an avid University of Miami Hurricanes fan. I hope to come to the day where I can still do some stuff for NBC and somehow integrate it with an RV tour of the South for college football. Luckily, my wife, she's a Florida State alum, so I wouldn't have to talk her into it. I think our kids would think we're weird.
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Emily Chang
American Journalist
When I first met YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, I was moderating a panel she was on for Harvard alums. We were both wrapping up our maternity leaves. She had just had her fifth child; I'd just had my second. We traded tips on maternity clothes, and I peppered her with questions about how she finds her balance.
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Trieste Kelly Dunn
American Actress
I love working with directors who have good taste. It's incredible when a director can say something and things open up for you. I went to The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and some of my best experiences on sets have been working with other alums.
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John Calipari
American Coach
I refuse to go in a home and paint a picture saying things like, 'If you come with us, you'll be taken care of for the rest of your life by the program and by our alums,' even though you may only be in school for a year or two. How preposterous does that sound?
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Aquaria
American
Past 'Drag Race' alum that I've spoken to, their biggest advice to me was, 'Expect the unexpected,' and, 'There's no way that you can prepare for this,' so I thought I was at least ahead of the curve knowing that I wasn't prepared.
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Anant Agarwal
Indian Scientist
We already have a professor who's using an online social network of MIT alums to help educate students in programming. Just imagine expanding that in Facebook-fashion to tens or hundreds of millions of people around the world.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Aluminum is the most common metal in the earth's crust, almost twice as abundant as iron. And one common class of aluminum minerals, collectively called alum, has been in use since at least Greek and Roman times.
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Cameron Boyce
American Actor
Whether people agree or disagree with the decisions an actor makes after their Disney tenure, every alum has a clear vision of how they want their career to pan out.
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Lamman Rucker
American Actor
I'm a proud Ellington alum. It has everything to do with who I am.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
The University of Pennsylvania and my wonderful colleagues in the Department of Religious Studies have been routinely sent hate emails about me. Calls to fire me are numerous. Some have even come from within the university. The Penn Switchboard is flooded with calls, and the more conservative alums threaten to stop contributing.
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Chuck Todd
American Journalist
I'm an avid University of Miami Hurricanes fan. I hope to come to the day where I can still do some stuff for NBC and somehow integrate it with an RV tour of the South for college football. Luckily, my wife, she's a Florida State alum, so I wouldn't have to talk her into it. I think our kids would think we're weird.
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Emily Chang
American Journalist
When I first met YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, I was moderating a panel she was on for Harvard alums. We were both wrapping up our maternity leaves. She had just had her fifth child; I'd just had my second. We traded tips on maternity clothes, and I peppered her with questions about how she finds her balance.
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Trieste Kelly Dunn
American Actress
I love working with directors who have good taste. It's incredible when a director can say something and things open up for you. I went to The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and some of my best experiences on sets have been working with other alums.
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John Calipari
American Coach
I refuse to go in a home and paint a picture saying things like, 'If you come with us, you'll be taken care of for the rest of your life by the program and by our alums,' even though you may only be in school for a year or two. How preposterous does that sound?
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Aquaria
American
Past 'Drag Race' alum that I've spoken to, their biggest advice to me was, 'Expect the unexpected,' and, 'There's no way that you can prepare for this,' so I thought I was at least ahead of the curve knowing that I wasn't prepared.
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Anant Agarwal
Indian Scientist
We already have a professor who's using an online social network of MIT alums to help educate students in programming. Just imagine expanding that in Facebook-fashion to tens or hundreds of millions of people around the world.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Aluminum is the most common metal in the earth's crust, almost twice as abundant as iron. And one common class of aluminum minerals, collectively called alum, has been in use since at least Greek and Roman times.
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Cameron Boyce
American Actor
Whether people agree or disagree with the decisions an actor makes after their Disney tenure, every alum has a clear vision of how they want their career to pan out.
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Lamman Rucker
American Actor
I'm a proud Ellington alum. It has everything to do with who I am.
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