How to Use alma mater in a Sentence

alma mater

noun

• I visited my old alma mater last week.
• As the new head coach of the Bruins, Foster wants to get his alma mater back to that level.
  — Dan Greenspan, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
• Casey Gillin returns to his alma mater in his first year as coach.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2022
• Here’s what that means to Black women at her alma mater.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• Chiarello was also named Chef of the Year by his alma mater in 1995.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023
• Berube has upped the Tigers schedule to challenge them with games at Texas and at UConn, her alma mater.
  — Doug Feinberg, ajc, 18 Oct. 2022
• Rivers will return to his alma mater on Aug. 12 for a jamboree game at Athens High.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2022
• Thomas is the latest in a line of Kentucky high school standouts to follow Brohm to his alma mater.
  — The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2023
• At the dawn of his first season coaching his alma mater, Payne doesn’t know what to expect.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2022
• While his alma mater Notre Dame had a rough weekend, Alt pitched a shutout against Crosby.
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• In all, investors and entrepreneurs shared an alma mater in one-third of venture deals.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• Vestavia Hills’ Robert Evans (9-6, 2 years) is in his second season as a head coach, both with the Rebels, his alma mater.
  — Dennis Victory, al, 12 Sep. 2023
• Kenny King is 49-31 in his eighth season at his alma mater.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Cadieu has at least one thing in common with the Gyllenhaal clan: her alma mater.
  — PEOPLE.com, 9 Apr. 2022
• Williams coached two years at his alma mater, then moved to Neshaminy High School as the top assistant there.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2022
• Ever since, the world got a glimpse of his talent with a 15-point effort that year to beat James’ alma mater St. Vincent-St.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• DuBose spent the last two years as coach at his alma mater, going 17-6 overall.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 2 Dec. 2022
• Folks love to represent their alma mater or sports teams.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022
• Gene Block is the longtime chancellor of my alma mater.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• After the game, the varsity team held hands in a darkened locker room and sang the alma mater in Hawaiian.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
• That didn’t stop the longtime head football coach from leaving the program at the end of the season to join his alma mater, the Louisville Cardinals.
  — Katherine Oung, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
• At my alma mater, the Great Sark was supposed to bring titles or at least compete for them, not lose to Kansas.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 9 June 2022
• Nearly four dozen kids signed up for the day-long camp held July 23 at Christian High, Matthews’ alma mater.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
• The outlet also noted that when Derek was honored by his high school alma mater in 1996, Sharlee was there to give a speech.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• In 1980, he was named president of his alma mater, Texas Tech, and of its medical school.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• Hayes returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 2012.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2023
• She was set to student-teach at Valley Lutheran High School, her alma mater.
  — Susan Baek, NBC News, 24 July 2024
• King Charles also attended his father's alma mater but didn't thrive in the same way.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• After the final whistle blows, both teams join together to sing one another’s alma mater to close the day.
  — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
• The Oscar winner returned to her alma mater in 2015 to deliver an inspiring commencement speech to the graduating class.
  — Diana Pearl, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025