The Office of Alumni Affairs develops, manages and sponsors programs and activities to benefit and engage alumni, residents, and students of the SIU SOM. The office provides opportunities for involvement, outreach and to advance the mission of the SIU SOM by fostering lasting relationships and opportunities. To maintain connections with the alumni, the office manages and maintains the alumni information system. The office staffs the Alumni Society and its Board of Governors whose mission is to provide an official organization through which its members and the faculty, staff, students, and residents of the School of Medicine may maintain professional and personal relationships to the mutual benefit of the members of the alumni society and the school.