The National Alumni Association is here to serve our alma mater and its graduates. We recognize that there is something truly special about the Mount experience, and it is our mission to ensure that this experience doesn’t end on graduation day. We want to preserve the Mount’s traditions while looking forward to a bright future...

We believe that Mount St. Mary’s is more than a school. It’s more than a community. Really, Mount St. Mary’s is best described as a family, and our alumni are an important part of this family.

History

According to an account in The Story of the Mountain, by Rev. Edward F.X. McSweeny, the Mount's National Alumni Association was established in 1875. Reverend Jeremiah Griffin, Class of 1862, from New York, was elected as the first president. Within fifty years, alumni chapters emerged in Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Scranton, and Harrisburg. Today, the chapter system serves 14,000 Mountaineers from the college, seminary, prep school, and graduate program. Mount alumni reside in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and more than thirty foreign countries.

Purpose

The purpose of the Association is to "promote the welfare and mission of the University, Seminary and graduate programs, and any such other endeavors of Mount St. Mary's University and Seminary by vigorous, intelligent and unified efforts of the Association's members, as well as to foster and maintain fellowship among its graduates."

The National Alumni Association has identified six principal areas of concentration: Social, Academics, Admissions, Career Development, Alumni Giving, and Communications.

The National Alumni Association of Mount St. Mary's University is truly a supportive service organization for the Mount community. Proud of its past - excited about its future!