# Alumni

**Source**: https://www.fau.eu/university/funding-and-support/alumni/

Did you study, research or teach at FAU, did you spend time as a guest at our University or are you part of the current FAU generation? Keep in touch and network with your FAU family!\
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As alumni, you remain part of your Alma mater and benefit from a number of advantages. Members of the free of charge alumni network of FAU can sign up for the alumni newsletter and the FAU magazine, and are able to participate in a number of different events. Keep in touch with your contacts, expand your own network, grow and develop, and encourage vision and talent.

Join the FAU Community!The network for all members, alumni and friends of FAU

[Register free of charge in the FAU Community](https://community.fau.de/en/login/)

## News from the FAU Alumni Network

- [03FEB 2026

  Alumni

  ### On the move in the chess world: FAU Alumna Ingrid Lauterbach in a video interview

  Ingrid Lauterbach studied mathematics at FAU from 1979 to 1985, laying the foundation for a successful professional career as well as for her remarkable journey in the international chess world. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1987, competed in the German Bundesliga and the British Four Nations Chess League, and represented […]

  Read more about On the move in the chess world: FAU Alumna Ingrid Lauterbach in a video interview](https://www.fau.eu/2026/02/news/university/alumni/on-the-move-in-the-chess-world-fau-alumna-ingrid-lauterbach-in-a-video-interview/)
- [16JUL 2025

  Alumni

  ### FAU Alumni #MyStory: Benjamin Donath, teacher and influencer

  Benjamin Donath lives his passion for books both in the classroom and on social media. On his blog and Instagram account—where he’s known as Benni Cullen—he shares engaging book recommendations, connecting with a large community of literature fans. He discovered this love for the written word during his middle school teaching studies at FAU, where […]

  Read more about FAU Alumni #MyStory: Benjamin Donath, teacher and influencer](https://www.fau.eu/2025/07/news/fau-alumni-mystory-benjamin-donath-teacher-and-bookstagrammer/)
- [17JUN 2025

  Alumni

  ### BR “alpha uni”: FAU alumna already a notary at the age of 29

  At the age of just 29, Christina Herbst was able to take over her own notary’s office. She completed her law degree at our FAU. Only those with extremely good grades can take over a notary’s office. Christina struggles with the enormous responsibility she has for her employees as a very young notary. And the […]

  Read more about BR “alpha uni”: FAU alumna already a notary at the age of 29](https://www.fau.eu/2025/06/news/br-alpha-uni-fau-alumna-already-a-notary-at-the-age-of-29/)

[More news](https://www.fau.eu/category/alumni/)

## The FAU alumni network

The interdisciplinary Alumni Network is at the heart of our large FAU Community. It is a place for former students from across the globe to together and network with each other.

[FAU Alumni Network](https://www.fau.eu/university/funding-and-support/alumni/the-fau-alumni-network/)

## What does alumni mean?

Latin: “pupil,” from alere, “to nourish,” “to raise”

Originally, alumni were the pupils of an institute. In higher education, the “Alma Mater” was the “nurturing mother”. Alumni are thus people who have graduated from a university.

## Alumni Management

Telephone: +49 9131 85-70922 / -928 / -929\
Email: [alumni@fau.de](mailto:alumni@fau.de)

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/fau-alumni-network/)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/alumni_fau/)
- [Xing](https://www.xing.com/pages/friedrich-alexander-universitaterlangen-nurnberg)
- [FAU Community](https://community.fau.de)

## Aktuelle Termine

- 05

  May

  6:15 pm – 8:15 pm

  [FAU JobInsights live Berufsfelder mit Sprachenstudium](https://www.fau.eu/events/fau-jobinsights-live-berufsfelder-mit-sprachenstudium/)
- 08

  May

  5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

  [Absolventenfeier Physik](https://www.fau.eu/events/absolventenfeier-physik/)

  Südgelände
- 19

  May

  6:15 pm – 8:15 pm

  [FAU JobInsights live Politikwissenschaft als Berufung](https://www.fau.eu/events/fau-jobinsights-live-politikwissenschaft-als-berufung/)