How To Tell the Difference Between Alumna/us/ae/i

Published: May 16, 2012

Tis the season of brand-new graduates! Which means, it’s also a great time for a fun refresher in one of the trickiest necks of Latin: alumni-dom.

Check out this quick video for a lesson in the differences between the words alumna, alumnus, alumnae and alumni. Which version of proud alum are you?

Jordan (class of ’08 and ’09) is an alumnus. Carol (class of ’72) is an alumna. Together, they are awesome UMBC alumni. Go Dawgs!

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