November/Thanksgiving-January Reform 2022

To support our alumni chapter, parent club and Shared Interest Group leaders along with Blue and Gold Area Coordinators, all the information in this email is meant to be shared with all of your volunteers.

The Alumni Association & Foundation Center project is finally underway. It took over a year to get through the environmental gauntlet to get our final design building plans approved. COVID didn’t help. We will begin demolition of the existing structures at the Perry Center site this month. The project is expected to be completed in 17 months. We anticipate moving into the new facility in late Spring of 2023. The building will be 65k sq ft and include expansive opportunities to host events. You can find out more on www.usna.com. The front page of our website has updated renderings, a live camera feed to the work site, and a description of how to become a plank owner.

The need for mentors remains. We have over 4,100 alumni enrolled in the Alumni Mentoring Program. This tool provides a critical role in assisting our alumni with personal and professional career advice.

SACC will start 2022 will in person events beginning 24-25 February in Jacksonville, FL. As a reminder, companies are welcome to list job opportunities between SACC events on our job board.

Craig Washington ’89, VP,
USNA Alumni Association

To check the most updated reunion schedule please visit: www.usna.com/reunions.

Fall reunions have gone very smoothly this year—everyone was happy to see our alumni back on the Yard after missing out last year due to COVID cancellations. We were especially happy to see how many classes opted to reschedule their reunions from last year – those “+1s” were wonderful. The classes were delighted to come back and see all the changes on the Yard, especially the beautiful new copper dome on the Chapel.

The Council of Class Presidents will be meeting on 2 December and will be the first in-person meeting in over a year. To celebrate and to commemorate our Year of Gratitude, at the invitation of the Superintendent, we will take the Class Presidents on a tour of all the new venues on the Yard, including Hopper Hall, the Ron Terwilliger ’63 Center for Student-Athletes and the U.S. Naval Institute auditorium.

Wendy Owen, Director, Alumni Class Programs
USNA Alumni Association

We are proud to report that there are 102 USNA chapters in our alumni network: 93 U.S.-based and nine international. If you are trying to connect with a local chapter, you can visit our interactive map. In addition, you can find your area’s Blue and Gold Officer and USNA AA Parent Club on the same map. Sporting a new look, Chapter Officer tools are located at https://www.usna.com/home-chapters. Thank you for leading your Chapters because it is a great opportunity to bring together local Alumni, participate in social events, volunteering, and networking. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Sofi Loomis at sofi.loomis@usna.com.

Other Chapter Designation: Columbus, Tampa Bay and Tulsa Chapters are the “Other Chapters” for seating on the Board of Trustees for three years from Spring of 2021 until Spring 2024. For more information on our Chapter Trustees visit BOT site.

Distinguished Chapter Designation: 2021 Distinguished Chapters will be announced in December 2021. Start planning your Distinguished Chapter submittal for June 2022. You can review scoring criteria which can be found under www.usna.com Chapter tools, under Distinguished Alumni Chapters and Parent Clubs Program Information.

Chapter Officers: Please update any changes to your chapter officers with Sofi Loomis with outgoing and incoming officers(s). Also copy the Shipmate team at Chapternews@usna.com.

Chapter-Hosted Navy Football Events: Bravo Zulu to our 2021 Navy Football Away Games Chapters and Parent Clubs who hosted wonderful Alumni events this season: Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, Texas Gulf Coast Parent Club, Tulsa Chapter, Oklahoma Parents Club and Chicago Chapter.

We are so fortunate to have highly motivated teams in our Alumni Association. Shipmate Submissions: Please send Chapter News Shipmate submissions to Chapternews@USNA.com. Deadlines for submission and guidelines for Shipmate articles can be found here.

29th Annual Parent Club Officer Conference: Over 60 Parent Club officers joined us in Annapolis for a full day of updates, networking and events in conjunction with the Class of 2023 Parent Weekend. All briefs and conference materials can be found on the on the PCOC home page.

If you are part of the leadership board of your parent club, please join the Naval Academy Parent Club leadership Facebook group, an open forum for all leaders past and present to ask and share information and concerns in an informal leadership group.

The Commissioning 101 Information event will take place on Saturday, 19 February 2022 at the Byzantium Center at 2747 Riva Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401.

The Class of 2025 Plebe Summer video is linked on our website and can be found on YouTube for you to download and save.

All Class of 2025 Plebe Summer  Photo Program images are still up and available to all paid members of the Alumni Association all year. Stand by for more updates and photo alerts.

Please submit 2021 leadership changes for your parent club to Lori Coogan and verify that the contact information on the parent club.

USNA Admission applications for the Class of 2026 are now open.

Class of 2024 Class Portrait

Nomination Resources

USNA Admissions Viewbook

The U.S. Naval Academy Admissions Forum event page has been updated through November 2021.

The Naval Academy Outreach team depends on the Blue and Gold Officers, local parent clubs and alumni chapters to spread the word about upcoming outreach activities to their respective networks and communities. Each Admissions Forum has details for contacts and registration for candidates. Please click here to view.

If you are interested in becoming a Blue and Gold Officer, please contact the Area Coordinator for your area from the BGO Area Coordinator webpage. Thanks for your support of the Admissions process!

The Naval Academy Alumni Association has three alumni Shared Interest Groups. For more information and details on these groups visit our website. If you are interested in connecting with these groups, please click on the links provided and get involved.

USNAAA Women’s Shared Interest Group

This group offers local opportunities to provide alumnae mentorship, fellowship and support via local alumni chapters.

U.S. Naval Academy Minority Association

NAMA's mission is to attract and recruit minority future
leaders for service in the
Navy and Marine Corps.

Run to Honor

Run To Honor is an all-volunteer charity that exists to
enable you to remember the nearly 2,700 men and
women in the Naval Academy's Memorial Hall.

We’re Back! After 2 years of connecting service academy alumni with employers and advanced education opportunities through virtual events, we are excited to announce that SACC will start 2022 with in-person events beginning 24-25 February in Jacksonville, FL!

While we will continue to bring together industry-leading companies and premier academic institutions from across the globe, we are making several changes to enhance the experience for candidates and recruiters. From a new, improved website to a new resume database to more digital resources and less paper, we are looking forward to unveiling details in January. Stay tuned!

If you are considering a career transition or if your company is looking for well-qualified leaders, mark your calendars to join us in 2022.

• Jacksonville, FL 24-25 February
• Washington, DC 5-6 May
• San Diego, CA 25-26 August
• Dallas, TX 27-28 October.

For details, visit our website or email us at sacc@usna.com.

Our 2022 Alumni Travel Information is available and marks our 50th year of traveling with alumni, friends and family. Please check out our travel offerings and join us to mark 50 years of U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Travel today!