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The American University Alumni Awards are the highest honors presented by the AU Alumni Association.

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Announcing AU’s 2025 Alumni Award Winners 

The Alumni Association will honor the five recipients of the 2025 Alumni Awards on Thursday, May 15. 
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“You are trained to think, analyze and act. Expand your vision and start something new to keep you going and then pivot again and again until you are on a comfortable path.”

Alumni ·

Letter from Alumna to Students at a Time of Change

In response to a call to action by Dean Shannon Hader, Jo Lamas, SIS/BA ’67, wrote a letter of hope to SIS students facing uncertainty right now.
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Alumni Association Welcomes Two New Affinity Groups

AUAA welcomes two new affinity groups
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A collage of three AU Sweetheart couples

Alumni ·

Eagles in Love: Get to Know Three More AU Sweetheart Couples

Introducing the AU Sweetheart Questionnaire, featuring some quick questions with a trio of Eagle couples who found love through AU. 
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Cami and Janet pose together

Alumni ·

Love and Friendship: American University as the Backdrop Where Four Hearts Intertwined

Four alumni earned not only a valuable education, but connections that have lasted a lifetime.
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Professor Emeritus Eric Novotny, Ari Andersen, SIS/BA ’13, and Eftychis Gregos-Mourginakis, SIS/BA ’11

Alumni ·

SIS Alumni, Professor Emeritus Launch Cybersecurity App

SIS Professor Emeritus Eric Novotny collaborated with Ari Andersen, SIS/BA ’13, and Eftychis Gregos-Mourginakis, SIS/BA ’11, to create and launch a new cybersecurity app, Kibu.
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Eagle Statue on campus

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Welcoming the Newest Alumni Board Members

Welcoming the Newest Alumni Board Members
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Patty Caballero on campus at AU

Alumni ·

Meet Alumni Association President Patty Caballero

She wants all alumni to reconnect with that spark that brought them to AU.
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Alumni ·

Championing Dialogue in a Difficult World

Matthew Warshaw, SIS/BA ’94, sees the impact of his AU education throughout his life. It's a source of strength, pride, and inspiration for him and his wife Cynthia Borges Warshaw, SIS/BA ’93, CAS/MFA ’20, to pay it forward for today's Eagles.
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portrait of LaTanya Sothern at AU

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Greetings from LaTanya Sothern

A monthly message to AU alumni from Alumni Association President LaTanya Sothern
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