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Mission and Purpose

The FIU Alumni Association’s mission is to serve the FIU community by providing lifelong connections to the university. Through fundraising, volunteer opportunities, engaging programs and events, we help enhance FIU’s future by providing the necessary resources to sustain our excellence in academics, research and community service.

Our purpose is to provide opportunities for our community to support FIU’s key strategic initiatives, which include the revitalization and expansion of financial resources, achieving academic excellence, enhancing research and creative initiatives, and engaging the community of FIU.

Your Alumni Association is evolving

The FIU Alumni Association is making strategic changes to evolve our alumni programming and become more aligned with the priorities of the university. All graduates now belong to the FIU Alumni Association. We no longer operate under a membership fees structure. All of our 225,000 alumni are now privy to all the perks and services we offer as an Alumni Association. Read more about this change. 

Strategic Directions

  • ANNUAL GIVING: Support from our donors facilitates academic excellence, student-centered learning and the interdisciplinary synergy needed to ensure that FIU remains globally competitive. The best public universities have the strongest private support, and your gift makes FIU even stronger for our students.
  • NETWORK DEVELOPMENT: Wherever you live, work, or play, an FIU Alumni Panther Network is nearby! Panther Networks exist to support the growth and advancement of FIU locally, nationally, and internationally.
  • CAREER NETWORKING: Enhance your professional network and personal branding with our alumni career development program. Optimize your job search, leverage LinkedIn and connect with your Panther network through webinars and virtual meet-ups.
  • STUDENT & ALUMNI PHILANTHROPY: We provide activities that enhance school spirit both on and off campus for Panthers everywhere! Through learning and leadership opportunities, events, services and FIU traditions, students can foster a sense of loyalty and pride.
  • ADVOCACY: FIU Advocate focuses its efforts on preparing alumni to communicate with decision makers on issues that directly affect the University, and developing a culture of intentionality to build relationships with decision makers where it counts.
  • CONTINUING EDUCATION & LIFELONG LEARNING: Your academic career doesn’t have to end once you enter the workforce. If you are interested in continuing your educational journey, consider FIU Online or the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Quick Facts

We currently serve an alumni base of more than 225,000, representing every state and 138 countries around the world.

The FIU Alumni Association is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors with 26 members.

Some notable alumni are:
  • Actor Andy Garcia, one of Hollywood’s most private and guarded leading men…The Godfather: Part III (1990) · The Untouchables (1987) · Ocean’s Twelve (2004) · City Island (2009)
  • Actor Danny Pino (former co-star of CBS’s Cold Case and former co-star of NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
  • Liz Balmaseda, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, former Miami Herald writer and current writer for the Palm Beach Post
  • Carlos Arroyo and Raja Bell, former NBA basketball players
  • Mike Lowell, former MLB baseball player and World Champ for the Boston Red Sox
  • Stephanie Burns, chemist and businesswoman, who served as President and CEO of Dow Corning
  • Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, U.S. Congresswoman 
  • Manny Diaz, U.S. Senator
  • T.Y. Hilton and Anthony Gaitor, current NFL football players
  • Dawn Ostroff, former President of CW Network and current President of Conde Nast Entertainment

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Points of Pride

  1. The FIU Alumni Association received a two-year grant from 2012 to 2013 totaling $160,000 from the Knight Foundation to establish an alumni career development program.
  2. The FIU Alumni Association won the 2013-14 CASE III Grand Award, Alumni Relations ‐ Special Project, Event or Program for the 11th Annual FIU Scholarship Fishing Tournament & Dock Party.
  3. The FIU Alumni Association won the 2013-14 CASE III Award of Excellence for Social Media Strategy and Execution.
  4. The FIU Alumni Association received a $4.5 million planned gift from FIU alumnus Raul Chavez and Angela Martinez in support of the Alumni Center Building Fund.
  5. In 2017, Chad Moss made the largest donation to FIU by an alumnus. Moss’s $10 million dollar gift names the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability.

Five important things you can do as an alumnus or alumna

  • #RepFIU

    Sport your Panther Pride by wearing FIU spirit gear, available through our official partner, Barnes & Noble.

  • Support athletics

    Make plans each year to attend an FIU Athletics event on campus or on the road.

  • Recruit

    Help us attract and recruit talented students to become the next generation of FIU Panthers.

  • #HireFIU

    Pay it forward by hiring your fellow FIU graduates!

  • Give

    When the envelope or phone call comes, please give. No matter the size of your gift, your participation is very important and is greatly valued by all of us.