It is with a heavy heart that we announce Michael Brandon King, Class of 2012, passed away this weekend. Brandon was so loved by many. He is survived by his fiancé Holly and her daughter. Please keep his family and loved ones in your thoughts. He was a generous and loyal friend that will surely be missed. His memorial service is tentatively planned for Sunday.

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association, Inc. is proud to announce the start of the "Back to School - Live and in Person" program. This dollar-for-dollar, 100% matching donation program runs through August 2021 and aims to provide financial support to sports and clubs through the Alumni's grant program. The Alumni Association believes stability and a sense of normalcy is critical during this type of uncertainty with COVID.

The matching donation program runs through August 31st and will match up to $1,000 in donations. Donors will automatically qualify for membership in the Alumni Association based on the level of their donation and can also be recognized on the website. There are a number of ways for alumni and supports to give; these include:

• Crooms AoIT Alumni PayPal.Me profile
• Paypal Giving Fund (0% transaction fees)
• Through our Crooms Alumni website using your Crooms Alumni user account at https://www.croomsalumni.com/donate

All donations are 501(c)3 eligible for tax purposes.

Help us make this year's return to in-person schooling special for our fellow Croomies by supporting the "Back to School - Live and in Person" program today.

The Crooms AoIT Alumni Association spent June and July 2021 carrying out some long overdue maintenance on the backend of www.croomsalumni.com. These upgrades went live on July 20, 2021. While users are unlikely to notice much of a difference, these upgrades were critical to bringing the website onto a supported version of Drupal - our open-source content management system. As part of this process, we cleared out several unnecessary modules, re-activated several website features that had been de-activated (including user profiles, Founders Society profiles, and the calendar), and carried out various other back-end enhancements.

If you notice any challenges, please do use the "Contact Us" form to let us know so we can investigate. In the future, we will be looking to:

• Add additional features for the user profiles to support a stronger alumni directory
• Add a user map so alumni can visually see where other alumni are located
• Refresh the website look and feel by rolling out a responsive theme

If you're interested in supporting, please e-mail us at scholarship@croomsalumni.com