UMaine Alumni Association Launches New Alumni Interest Group–Senior Skull AIG

Contact: David Mitchell ’87, President/Senior Skull Alumni Interest Group, (207) 807-8526; Bob Potts, Adviser/Senior Skull Society, (207) 581-2586 or 1 (800) 934-2586

 

ORONO, Me. — In an effort to reach out to more alumni worldwide, the University of Maine Alumni Association has announced the creation of a new kind of alumni community – the Senior Skull AIG (Alumni Interest Group).

The Senior Skull AIG will serve to reconnect alumni who were members of the Senior Skull Society while they attended the University of Maine.

“The Senior Skull AIG provides us, as fellow Skulls, a way to remain connected beyond graduation and give the current class access to mentoring and networking opportunities”, said David Mitchell, Senior Skull from the Class of 1987, and president of the newly formed Senior Skull AIG Board of Directors. “We think it is important to keep our brotherhood connected and provide opportunities for those who wish to reach out to other Skulls from years past, as well as the current undergraduate class.”

Established in 1906, the Senior Skull Society is the University of Maine’s highest all-inclusive honor society for male students, and its members represent the top 1% of incoming senior men. Members are chosen on the basis of leadership, integrity, role model and service to the University of Maine. The group’s alumni typically continue as leaders in their professions and communities.

Groups like the Senior Skulls are fairly rare; fewer than 30 groups of its kind exist at colleges and universities today. The Senior Skull AIG’s hope is to get the organization’s alumni connected with the current group and work together to create a dynamic community that will benefit both the AIG members and UMaine. The Alumni Association’s new on line community, UMaine InCircle, (incircle.mainealumni.com) already offers a convenient and easy way for alumni to connect on line. By using InCircle and formulating a formal AIG organization, the Senior Skulls now feel like they have the tools to achieve their objectives.

Todd Saucier ’93, ’97G, President of the Alumni Association, is pleased to see the new Skull AIG take shape.

“Since being appointed president a year ago my philosophy is and has been to reconnect as many alumni to their alma mater as possible. The Senior Skull AIG is the perfect vehicle for Senior Skull alumni to become engaged with the undergraduate class, the institution, and with one another,” he says.

To learn more about the Senior Skull AIG, visit the Senior Skulls website.