Students Considered As "Alumni"

[Kpchem]

My team's been around a while, and one of our sayings is that "You never leave 360". I just finished my third year of college, 3-4 states away (Washington --> Colorado) from my team. Ever since I graduated, I've been invited to the team's dinners and events. I volunteer at FTC and FRC events here in Colorado wearing my team's apron (think Home Depot apron, just with a different logo). I still attend kickoff with the team if I'm in town, and I'll support them at every event I can. This partially stems from the strong community at the high school, and partially stems from the fact that 360 is really more than a team, it's a family.

To directly answer your question, I consider anyone who was on a team and then left, no matter the reason (graduating, by choice, forced out, etc.) an alumni of that team. And yes, I would include them in post-season surveys/celebrations, unless the questions being asked in those surveys strictly pertain to events that occurred during build/competition season that the alumni would not know anything about.