ALUMNAE CONNECTIONS

In January 2020, Southeastern Louisiana Alumnae Chapter, along with Phi/Southeastern Louisiana A , welcomed Alpha Sigma Tau legacies Gwen Comeaux Dodge and Katherine Hufstetler Rose into our Sisterhood as alumnae members.

Members of the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter B celebrated the chapter’s 10-year anniversary with their favorite pastime: brunch!

Beta Epsilon/Shippensburg C alumnae Merrilee Donohue McCue (left) and Sherry Ayres Heck (right) were collegiate members together in the 1990s and have stayed side-by-side throughout their careers as educators. They have been teaching together at the same school for 22 years! Merrilee shares, “We reconnected at Cedar Creek Elementary as we began our career together. We walked down the hall looking at each other without knowing we would be working together until Sherry said "AΣT!" Here they bring green and gold spirit to Cedar Creek Elementary. A

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Night to Reunite, Alpha Sigma Tau’s annual day to connect with Sisters, was scheduled for April 2, 2020—a time when stay-at-home orders were being implemented around the country. Instead of canceling the beloved tradition, we encouraged Sisters to connect with each other digitally. Alumnae Sisters, eager to connect while social distancing, didn’t hesitate to take part.

Alpha Gamma/Henderson D alumnae and collegians connected through a video call.

An Alpha Sigma Tau legacy enjoyed her first Night to Reunite with the Birmingham Alumnae Association E .

Twenty-one Alpha Pi/Slippery Rock F alumnae Sisters initiated in the 1980s used Night to Reunite as a time to reconnect. They hosted a virtual happy hour and shared some memorabilia they’ve hung onto over the years. “We decided just two days ago [to host the event]," said Marci Chasen Blum (Alpha Pi 1984/Slippery Rock). "I see some Sisters but many not since 1987!"

Meet the Class of 2020! Hover your smartphone camera to meet the Alpha Sigma Tau Class of 2020!

Or visit: alphasigmatau.org/classof2020

This semester was particularly difficult for the nearly 1000 collegians who joined the Alpha Sigma Tau alumnae world this spring. While having their semester uprooted and learning how to learn from a distance, they missed out on the common senior class rights-of-passage. No goodbyes to campus friends. No in-person thank yous to their professors and mentors. And for most, no culminating their college experience with a proud walk across the graduation stage in front of loved ones.

While the Class of 2020 didn’t have the traditional final semester, Alpha Sigma Tau worked hard as a National Organization and with collegiate chapters to ensure the newest alumnae felt celebrated, loved, and welcomed into their next phase of membership: alumnae life.

Alpha Sigma Tau celebrated our newest alumnae Sisters during Alumnae Welcome Week, May 10-16, 2020. The virtual celebration included providing discount codes for seniors to use on AΣT merchandise for their new life as a young professional, fun social media activities for seniors to reflect upon their AΣT experience, and Facebook frames and social media stickers for seniors to show their pride.

The most far-reaching component of the week was the Sorority’s Class of 2020 mosaic (below). The interactive mosaic featured every graduating senior and commemorated the resilience and determination of our Class of 2020 Sisters.