Alumni

Latin terms

There are four terms to describe students

• alumnus : former male student
• alumni : former male students
• alumna : former female student
• alumnae : former female students

The students may or may not graduate from the school.

Current usage

The term “alumni” covers all former students.

Most universities have

• alumni organization
• alumni building
• department to support alumni activities

NorCal RITAA

It is an alumni organization based in Northern California. For several years before the pandemic, NorCal RITAA provided scholarship to eligible YTU students.

RITAA

It stands for RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association.
It is also known as ARITAA.

It provided support for Yangon SPZPs and the YTU Library Modernization Project.

Life membership costs 60,000 Kyats.