MSUAA Connects Alumni

through Online Social Network

The Murray State University Alumnin Association recently launched The Murray State Circle, a new social network offered exclusively to MSU alumni. The network will provide an online forum where MSU's 55,000-plus alumni can build and maintain personal and professional connections with other alums.

Circle empowers MSU alumni to connect with friends and friends-of-friends in a trusted and secure online community. Unlike online social networks that are open to the general public, Circle is a private-label network that requires identity verification before before alumni members can join. Alumni information is pre-populated, making it easy for users to build profiles and decide what information is available to other alums. The network grows with each new authenticated member who invites more alumni into the exclusive community.

"Online social networks have become a convenient and engaging way for groups to communicate," said Sabrina Mathis, coordinator for MSU alumni support services. "We're pleased to not only offer MSU alumni the benefits of networking with each other online, but also the security only a private-label network can provide."

The MSU Circle community is powered by Affinity Engines, the leading provider of private-label networking solutions for alumni associations. MSU alumni can login or register for the Murray State Circle by visiting murraystate.affinitycircles.com. Once on the network, alumni participants can communicate through messaging, photo albums and blogs, reconnect with classmates or groups, participate in forum discussions and make professional connections. Alumni can also use the search capability to find other alumni who share interests, common acquaintances, professions, locations and more.

For more information on The Murray State Circle, contact Mathis at (270) 809-3279 or sabrina.mathis@murraystate.edu.