For Our Alumni
There are so many ways to connect with the college and our 23,000 alumni. Connect, give, volunteer, learn, mentor, keep up with class news, learn about regional programming, and much more.
There are so many ways to connect with the college and our 23,000 alumni. Connect, give, volunteer, learn, mentor, keep up with class news, learn about regional programming, and much more.
The Amherst environment fosters lifelong friendships and sparks a deep and persistent desire to learn. Our alumni take all variety of paths in life. Some are prominent on the world scene and others contribute to society in equally important though less public ways. A liberal arts education prepares students for careers, volunteer activities, and individual interests and pursuits that are personally meaningful.
It’s not about what you have done since Amherst, but who you have become.
Read about a few of our alumni below, and see more alumni profiles.
Compelled by the ocean’s biodiversity crisis, Catherine Macdonald ’07E set sail into shark science. Then she and her friends formed a school to welcome new researchers aboard.
Read Catherine’s storyFrom Auckland to Amherst to Australia and throughout Asia, Sung-Woo Baek ’20—the musician known as Milky Day—has played festivals around the globe and generated 60 million streams on Spotify.
Sung-Woo’s storyBefore graduation, Haoran Tong ’23 had not left Massachusetts, or seen his parents, in more than three years. Here’s what he did and who he became during those many, many, many months on campus.
Read Haoran’s storyNichelle Carr ’98, producer at WC1 Studios and chief content officer at AudPop, hosts a podcast series illuminating the accomplishments and wisdom of the Black women of Amherst College.
Listen to the podcastAnne-Claire “Ace” Roesch ’08 shared with President Elliott thoughts from her keynote address at the first-ever Sophomore Summit, a program designed to help sophomores recognize their strengths and interests long before entering the workforce.