If you were enrolled at Rice for at least one year in a degree-granting program and are no longer a Rice student, or you received a degree from Rice, you're already a member of the ARA. There are no dues or forms to fill out; all Rice alumni are automatically members.
As of January 2008, there were 46,509 alumni living in all 50 states and around the world. For more info on specific cities, visit their pages from the map on our home page.
The
ARA does not
fundraise;
our colleagues
in Resource
Development
are responsible
for donations
to Rice. The
ARA focuses
on building
meaningful
relationships
between our
alumni and
the university.
Of course,
we do encourage
our alumni
to give
to Rice.
Homecoming
& Reunion
2009 will
be November
13–15,
in conjunction
with the Rice
vs. Tulane
football game.
Alumni College
Weekend 2009
was held March
13–15,
and Beer Bike
was held March
21. Families
Weekend 2009
will be held
September
24–27.
Visit our registration page and sign up for the event you'd like to attend. If the event isn't listed, contact the alumni office at 713-348-4057, 800-RICE-ALU, or by email.
We strive to provide activities for all of our alumni, but resources only allow us to offer so much targeted programming. However, if you're interested in leading an activity for a specific group, contact our office at 713-348-4057, 800-RICE-ALU, or by email and we'll be happy to give you info on how to make that happen.
Many of our events are free, but sometimes we must charge to provide the best events possible. However, we work to keep these costs as low as possible; the cost to you is always much lower than the cost for the event.
Rice alumni can use the ARA Online Directory, a password-protected site listing information for thousands of alumni. The database is searchable by name, college, employer, zip code, and more. However, the ARA can't provide information on alumni who aren't listed in the database or have requested that their information be withheld.
The
Rice Career
Network is
a searchable
database of
alumni who
have agreed
to make themselves
available
to Rice students
and to fellow
alums for
information
about their
job field,
company, graduate
degree institution,
city of residence,
and the like.
For more info,
click
here.
You can also
join the ARA's
official groups
on LinkedIn
(professional
networking)
and Facebook
(social networking).
Please
allow 4-6
weeks for
your information
to be updated.
Updates are
processed
and sent to
alumni records
twice each
month. If
a mailing
is being processed
or was processed
before the
change, material
could be sent
to your previous
address.
As
of October
2008, classnotes
are now available
through the
Online Classnotes.
You can also
submit them
to the recorder
for your class.
A list of
each year's
recorders
can be found
here.
If no recorder
is listed
for your class,
consider volunteering!
You can use Fondren as a guest, but you will have to join Friends of Fondren Library to check out books. More information about FoFL can be found at their website.
The Rice Alumni Digital Library offers full-text access to more than 14,500 searchable books, maps, reports, and other documents from more than 180 academic, trade, and professional publishers; plus articles from business and finance publications. The service is a collaborative initiative of the Office of the President, Fondren Library, Rice Information Technology, and the Association of Rice Alumni.
The
Center for
Student Professional
Development
(formerly
Career Services)
offers several
services for
Rice alumni,
including
the Rice
Career Network.
To see the
full list
of opportunities,
visit their
website
or call them
at 713-348-4055.
We're
always looking
for volunteers
to lead activities
in cities
with large
populations
of Rice alumni.
If you're
interested
in heading
up activities
in your area,
please let
us know. For
more information,
please visit
our regional
groups information
page.
As
long as your
contact information
is correct
in the alumni
directory,
you will automatically
receive notifications
for Rice events
in your area.
Please be
sure to provide
your email
address as
many events
are only advertised
via email.
Some regions
also have
local email
listserves
that provide
for more information
communication.
Please visit
the regional
groups page
for more information.
If
you haven't
heard from
the contact
person, let
us know and
hopefully
we can make
the connection
happen. Please
contact Chad
Benedict '01,
Director of
Alumni Programs
and Services,
by email
or at 713-348-5305.
The lyrics to the alma mater, "Rice's Honor," by Ben H. Mitchell '22 (set to the tune of "Our Director March" by Frederick E. Bigelow) are:
All for Rice's Honor, we will fight on.
We will be fighting when the day is done;
And when the dawn comes breaking.
We'll be fighting on —
Rice! — for the Gray and Blue.
We will be loyal, to Rice be true.
The lyrics to the "Rice Fight Song" by Louis Girard '40 are:
Fight for Rice!
Rice fight on!
Loyal sons arise.
The Blue and Gray for Rice today
Comes breaking through the skies.
(Fight! Fight! Fight!)
Stand and cheer.
Vict'ry's near.
Sammy leads the way.
Onward go to crush the foe!
We'll fight for the Blue and Gray.
Our office only keeps one copy of each Campanile for reference, but the Campanile office often has older copies available for a small fee and postage. Visit the Campanile website for more info.
Send it to our office at the address here or contact us at 713-348-4057, 800-RICE-ALU, or by email and provide the year and any inscription on the ring; we'll try to track down the owner.
