Emailing alumni assoc

[lalalacereza]

The foundation that's sponsoring my grad studies has suggested that I contact my undergrad alumni associations to let them know that I've been granted this big-deal fellowship. I've tried to type out an email a couple of times, but it always looks so... wrong. Too narcissistic, or formal, or casual, depending on which attempt I look at!

Has anyone else done this? What did you write?

[lalalacereza]

bump!

[rising_star]

I'd never do this but only because no one at my undergrad alumni association would care.

[UndraftedFreeAgent]

The fellowship foundation is hoping that you will tell the alumni association and that they will publish it all over the place, thus getting free advertising and PR for the fellowship foundation. If it's a big time fellowship that most college grads would recognize, then telling the alumni would get you some publicity, but either way, I would probably avoid it.