The IFC Chairman for Alumni Relations works closely throughout the year with the Fraternity Alumni Council and the University of Virginia Alumni Association to serve as a resource for all fraternity alumni and improve the alumni relations of all IFC chapters. This year’s Chairman is Graham Owens.

We can now offer the convenience of making donations to the Inter-Fraternity Council online via PayPal. Our organization is strengthened by alumni support, and we are grateful for your financial contribution.

Fraternity Alumni Council

The Fraternity Alumni Council (FAC) has existed in various forms over the years, the current form of which was created in 1999. The FAC represents alumni of fraternities at the University of Virginia as recognized by the IFC and works to keep them informed on common issues so that action can be coordinated and communications maximized.

Meeting annually, the FAC solicits input from all dues-paying fraternity members on a wide variety of challenges and opportunities facing fraternities at UVA. The most important emphasis is on alumni support (whether it be regarding financial support, advising, and/or hands-on interaction) of the active chapters.

The FAC Executive Board is made up of nine (9) alumni members from different fraternities who serve three-year terms and meet monthly. Each Executive Board member represents a specific fraternity. Heavy emphasis is placed on communicating effectively with the IFC, Alumni Hall, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, and the UVA administration so that everyone is well informed and efforts for mutual success are well orchestrated. All are invited to attend the monthly FAC Executive Board meetings at Alumni Hall.

University of Virginia Alumni Association

The Alumni Association of the University of Virginia is headquartered in Alumni Hall, located at 211 Emmet Street South, across the street from the University's Memorial Gymnasium. Our business hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. The Alumni Association is made up of a staff of over 50 and is governed by the Board of Managers.

Formed on July 4, 1838, the Alumni Association of the University of Virginia was the sixth such group organized in the United States. A charter was granted to the University near the end of the nineteenth century by the General Assembly of Virginia. The association was originally housed in Pavilion VII on the Lawn of the Academical Village. In 1936 it moved to its current location, the Kappa Phi House on Emmet Street.

"The purposes for which the Alumni Association is formed are to aid, strengthen, and expand in every proper and useful way the University of Virginia and its work, and to develop, strengthen, and utilize the bonds of interest, sympathy and affection existing between the University and its alumni and among the alumni themselves" (from the Charter of the Alumni Association).

By using service as the link between alumni and their alma mater, the Alumni Association has a window view into the University’s long and proud history. The Alumni Association keeps its members and friends involved in the University’s present. No matter how far away (either in time or location) alumni have traveled from Charlottesville, their views on the governance of today’s University are represented.

The Alumni Association assists and encourages connections between alumni and students by hosting joint discussions on the Honor System, cosponsoring alumni-student job fairs, administering the U.Va. fund, housing the prestigious Jefferson Scholars Program, sending alumni association members the Alumni News magazine quarterly, and overseeing other important initiatives and activities. Through encouraging active involvement with the Alumni Association while still on Grounds, students are cultivated to assume the mantle of “university caretaker” when they become alumni. In partnership with the University of Virginia, and through its own mission and goals, the Alumni Association plays an active role in the institution’s future as well. By doing its job well today, the Alumni Association makes it much easier for the University to call on its beloved sons and daughters for help tomorrow.

The many activities of the Association include publication of Virginia: The University of Virginia Alumni News, the University's official alumni publication; maintenance of Alumni Hall, headquarters at the University for alumni; sustenance and support of a club system throughout the world; special involvement in the admissions program of the University; the upkeep of records on more than 140,000 living University alumni; career services for alumni; and housing and supporting the U.Va. Fund and other activities. Activities of special interest to University students include the Class Trustees Program, the Young Alumni Council (the Y.A.C.), the Jefferson Scholars and Ridley Scholars, University Career Assistance Network (UCAN), student membership events and class activities.

The activities of the Alumni Association at some point in time have touched upon virtually every area of the University, including the IFC fraternities. Each year, the Alumni Association works closely with the Fraternity Alumni Council and the IFC to aid and strengthen alumni support within the IFC fraternity chapters. This includes such initiatives as Reunions weekend and various recent fraternity anniversaries and celebrations. The Alumni Association is actively engaged in the alumni matters of fraternity men, and welcomes any requests, questions, or suggestions that may arise. Please feel free to contact the Director of Alumni Affairs, Wayne Cozart through email or at (434) 243-9041. Further contact information for the Alumni Association is given below.