Consider, if you will, the career of an alumna, a 'performer who teaches'.
Each contains a statue of a prominent college alumnus, alumna or benefactor.
In order to honor the contributions to the university by this alumna her name was made eponymous with the institute.
She is a class of 1981 alumna of the high school.
Of the twelve remaining members, six chose to take alumna status.
An address is given by a prominent alumnus or alumna.
The highest non-degree recognition bestowed by the college on an alumnus or alumna.
The term is sometimes informally shortened to alum (plural alums), which stands for an alumna or alumnus.