About the School of Medicine Alumni Association

Areas of Focus

  • More than half of the SMAA budget is for descendant scholarships and the Alumni Merit Scholar Awards
  • Sponsored activities for each class in the School of Medicine offer networking opportunities with alumni
  • Faculty recognition
  • Awards for alumni honoring loyalty and professional achievement
  • Free membership for new graduates
  • Alumni receptions offering social and educational opportunities
  • Class reunions

Membership

  • Lifetime membership for alumni, School of Medicine physician faculty, residents, interns and alumni in postgraduate training is $1,000. Income from the lifetime scholarship endowment funds alumni scholarships. Lifetime members are not required to pay annual dues and are Partner's Level members of the MCG President's Club the year they join.
     
  • Annual membership for alumni and School of Medicine physician faculty is $50. Joint medicine/graduate studies membership is $65. School of Medicine alumni receive free membership for the first four years after graduation.
Lifetime SMAA Membership Dues: $1,000
Annual SMAA Membership Dues: $50
Joint School of Medicine/School of Graduate Annual Membership: $65

**Lifetime SMAA members are Partner's Level members of the President's Club the year they join.

Associate Membership (Faculty, staff, & friends of MCG)

Lifetime Associate Membership: 

$1,000

Annual Associate Membership:   

$50

Membership Benefits

  • Opportunity to join the Health Center Credit Union at no charge to you. Just present to the HCCU the Alumni Association membership card you will receive after joining the Alumni Association
  • Opportunity to support the School of Medicine through Alumni Association programs
  • Nomination privileges for the Distinguished Alumnus Awards in the Alumni Association
  • Participation in electing Alumni Association officers
  • Opportunity to serve on Alumni Association committees and the board and to serve as regional dinner chairmen or class reunion chairmen
  • Board Report, a quarterly alumni newsletter
  • Opportunity to review and submit practice openings in the Board Report newsletter
  • Access to Greenblatt Library services and resources
  • Membership opportunity with MCG Wellness Center

Programs Supported by the Alumni Association

  • Hooding ceremony and a gift for the graduating class
  • Alumni Web site
  • Annual Descendant Scholarships and Alumni Scholar Awards
  • Free year of membership in the Alumni Association upon graduation
  • Reduced membership fee for physicians in postgraduate training
  • Annual Homecoming
  • Scholarship recipients invited to Homecoming as guests of alumni
  • Dinner with 12 Strangers Mentoring Program
  • HOST (Help Our Students Travel) Program
  • Orientation brunch for freshmen
  • Spring reception for sophomores and juniors
  • Annual memorial service for School of Medicine alumni
  • Faculty recognition
  • Board Report, a quarterly alumni newsletter, which includes career opportunities in physician alumni practices
  • Distinguished Alumnus Awards for loyalty and professional achievements
  • Portraits of former School of Medicine deans
  • Quarterly meetings of Board of Directors
  • Blazer crests, lapel pins and certificates for lifetime members of the Alumni Association