About the BUAA
Message From the President
Dear Fellow Alumni,
Welcome to the Bradley University Alumni Association’s web site! We hope to provide the means and information you need to connect with Bradley – to faculty and staff, to our students, to the alumni association and to each other. Our goal in having this site is to open the door to Bradley University …to provide the tools you need to navigate and explore the myriad of benefits and services the BUAA and the University has to offer its graduates. As always, we invite your comments and suggestions about the site by contacting bualum@bradley.edu.
As President of the Bradley University Alumni Association, I'm pleased and proud to be part of our efforts to further engage the more than 55,000 Bradley alums scattered across the globe. .During my career as a public accountant I have be able to work with fellow Bradley alumni both as associates and clients. It never ceases to amaze me what Bradley students can do with their education both in their careers and personal lives. We hope that this new site will aid all Bradley alumni, wherever they may live, to find those connections that are of greatest interest to them.
I hope you will take the time to become more familiar with the BUAA through this \ web site. As a Bradley graduate, you are a lifetime member of the association. We charge no membership dues, yet provide many membership benefits – from discounted insurance offerings and Hilltopics magazine to volunteer and networking opportunities.
The BUAA strives to provide the means and resources you need to be successful in your career, your community and, indeed, in your life. We are committed to helping you connect-or reconnect-with the faculty, staff and friends that made your time on campus special. Finally, we want to keep you informed about campus happenings, alumni news, student milestones, athletic achievements, and faculty news.
The Bradley Ambassadors, our student alumni association, have adopted a phase that perhaps encompasses all we stand for...."Once a Student...Always an Alum". On behalf of the BUAA, I invite you to visit these pages often-and don't forget to tell us how we're doing.
Welcome to our new BUAA web site!
Phil Bach ’91
President, BUAA
Mission and Vision
“The BUAA builds enduring, mutually-rewarding relationships between Bradley University and its alumni.”
We envision a future in which highly energized alumni interact with students, support affinity groups, and work to advance the mission and goals of the University, while Bradley faculty, staff and students actively build relationships with alumni. Alumni, students, faculty, and staff recognize the Alumni Relations office as a center of collaboration between alumni and the University.
In 2004, the BUAA identified 3 strategic initiatives on which to focus as we strive to enhance alumni connections and resources. First, to consider alumni needs based on life-cycle and life-stage to help guide program development. As a result, we have more fully developed our Alumni Insurance Program, and created more young alumni opportunities, including travel.
Second, to more effectively engage alumni in the life of the university through strategic partnerships with colleges, departments and affinity groups. The development of affinity groups like the Black Alumni Alliance and the Forensics Alumni Network provide members with a new means of connecting with each other and with that part of the university that means most to them. In addition, the BUAA has developed more effective means to support these groups as well our geographic alumni chapters (hyperlink to chapter page).
Finally, to bring students into the larger Bradley family by building relationships between students and alumni, and between students and the alumni association while the students are still on campus. The Bradley Ambassadors, our student alumni association, is strong and growing, and offers today’s students the opportunity to interact and network with alumni in both casual and informal ways, as well as more formal organized activities. Partnerships with the Smith Career Center, Student Activities, Admissions, and Athletics; and activities such as Homecoming, Founder’s Day, Legacy events, and others, further help to strengthen the connection and raise awareness.