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Hey, Young Alumni鈥擠on鈥檛 Stay on the Sidelines!

By Jinyoung Park 鈥�11

It’s great to stay in touch with your fellow Reedies even after leaving our beloved alma mater. Resources such as  and  make it super easy, not to mention  and , where you’ll find affinity groups such as , International Reed Alumni, and of course the infamous .

Maintaining Reed relationships has not only allowed me to have minireunions and thoughtful discussions (sometimes even on Facebook!), but it has also helped in my career. In fact, a Reed contact was instrumental in my landing my second job. When I first arrived in New Orleans, pretty much straight out of Reed, I used IRIS to reach out to Reedies in town. It just so happened that one of those alumni was a faculty member whom I would be working with if I got the job, and he also knew the hiring manager. Now, I’m not sure if he directly advocated for me, but he did invite me to a party—which the hiring manager also attended.

I also highly recommend attending your five-year reunion. It’s fascinating to see the faces that you went to Reed with, but with way less stress and a lot more smiles.

Track down your local alumni chapter. Check out the events. For me, it’s been a pleasure to meet Reedies whom I did not overlap with, and to grow my community.