PiA ALUMNI NETWORK & WEBSITE

As we’ve criss-crossed the globe catching up with alumni and friends of PiA, we’ve heard one consistent piece of feedback: PiAers love other PiAers and want to have places to connect with each other. So, because we couldn’t build a worldwide yurt, we have built a digital ger for our PiA community-- read on to find out how to get involved! (photo: PiA alums and Fellows flying kites in Beijing)

PiA Alumni Network: PiA’s first-ever official alumni and friends association!

For over a century, members of the PiA #communityforlife have been gathering in restaurants, markets, bars, and living rooms around the globe to share stories, make new friends and reconnect with old ones, and reminisce about the year(s) that indelibly altered their perspectives on the world. With the launch of the PiA Alumni Network, PiA is bringing together these widespread families of PiAers under one banner and making it easier than ever for our community to remain strong! The PiA Alumni Network aims to foster a lifelong community of PiA alumni and friends who will create awareness, participation, and support to the work of PiA across Asia and the world.

The Alumni Network is organized into regional chapters led by dedicated local volunteer alumni. Nine inaugural chapters have begun operations in Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Singapore, and Washington, D.C. Each chapter will organize seasonal events for PiA alumni and friends to socialize, network, volunteer, and explore Asian cultural opportunities together in their communities. And the festivities have already begun! Many of these chapters threw send-off parties for outgoing fellows from their cities and welcomed back returning fellows by showing them the best dim sum in town. Alumni chapters have also toured a sake brewery, cheered on the Seattle Mariners, and picnicked in Prospect Park!

Want to get involved in your local chapter? Find your chapter leader(s) contact information under the ‘For Alumni’ section of the PiA website. Interested in kickstarting activities in your area? Email Natalia, PiA’s Director of Alumni Relations, at piaalum@princeton.edu.

PiA Alumni & Friends Website:

A PiA-exclusive social networking platform!

Princeton in Asia’s alumni and friends website - princetoninasia.360alumni.com - is LIVE! And with over 15% of the PiA alumni community on board already, we couldn’t be more proud or more excited of this blossoming digital community. This welcoming, portable home has an array of functions, including individual alumni profiles, an online directory and searchable interactive map, direct messaging, groups management, a jobs board, and event organizing, among other exciting features.

All PiA alumni already have a profile created on the site, preloaded with their PiA fellowship information and the contact/career information we had on file. Getting started is as easy as claiming your profile, setting a password, and connecting with fellow alumni and friends. Friends of PiA can sign up with any email address and create a profile. A site administrator will set you off to the races shortly.

We hope that you will choose to join this vibrant digital community, which is tailor-made for the PiA family, password-protected and accessible only to the PiA community. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, or would like to opt-out of participation in this digital network, please be in touch with us by emailing piaalum@princeton.edu.

Special thanks to Fiona Miller, the Alumni Network Task Force, the Alumni Network Chapter Leaders, and the PiA Board of Trustees for your dedication to turning the worldwide community of PiA alumni into a reality!