Cuttington University Alumni Association in the Americas is a non-profit organization dedicated to the cause of uniting and engaging its members by various means to enable their Alma Mater remain a great moral force for change through its magnificent tradition of academic excellence.
The goals of the Association include, but are not limited to:
Enriching the lives of Alumni through frequent and fruitful exchanges among themselves (e.g. “homecoming” reunions) and through constructive engagement with members of the larger communities in which they currently reside;
Mobilizing maximum goodwill and material support in the Americas to buttress and enhance the University’s efforts toward providing quality education for its students, and establishing effective mechanisms to solicit, receive, and manage contributions of alumni, friends, philanthropists and charitable organizations for this purpose;
Encouraging and fostering a spirit of self-reliance and self-sufficiency among Alumni by undertaking income- generating activities to support the University and by establishing and institutionalizing self-help projects at the University to enable needy students work their way through school;
Promoting the good name of the University by Association members leading exemplary lives and employing the media print, electronic, internet, etc.) to inform the public about the role of their alma mater as a vital instrument of social change in the world community.
Membership
Although only Regular Members
of the Association (graduates, most former students, former faculty
and staff) can vote or
hold office, other forms of membership
(Associate and Honorary) are open to all persons of goodwill, irrespective
of color,
race, creed, ethnic or national
origin, religious background, and so forth. All that is required is good
character, a keen interest
in the University, and a willingness
to help support quality education in Liberia and Africa. (read more)