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Beyond the Classroom: Rethinking Lifelong Learning in Alumni Engagement

What if lifelong learning in alumni engagement is not about recreating the classroom after commencement?

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Bekah Harriger
Aug 18, 2026
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What if our role is not to recreate the classroom after graduation, but to create opportunities for alumni to continue learning with, from, and alongside one another throughout their lives?

When alumni engagement professionals talk about lifelong learning, our minds often go to familiar places, faculty lectures, continuing education, webinars, or panels …

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