Thank goodness for cell phone lookup and reverse phone lookup opportunities. No matter how much we tell our college and university friends that we’ll stay in touch, there are always cases where we intend to write that letter, send that email, or make that phone call but we never get around to it. Without an existing state-wide or nation-wide cell phone directory, it can make things challenging to discover the numbers we need.
Fortunately, with the help of the internet and the right reverse phone lookup site, it’s possible to get the information we need to reconnect with those friends that were once so important in our lives.
There are many different social networking sites out there, but some can make it difficult to locate people when you don’t have any information except for their names. This is where college and university directories come in handy. They can be used in many different ways. Follow these steps to get you started:
- Visit your college or university website and look to see if there is an alumni section, preferably listed in order of graduating year. There, you may find a cell phone directory or landline directory that you could use with a reverse phone lookup to ensure that the number is up-to-date.
- If there isn’t an alumni section on the college or university website, check to see if there is an alumni association website for your school. They may also have the kind of phone number or cell phone lookup options available. Naturally, you will want to check those numbers with a reverse phone lookup, as well. Their information won’t always be completely accurate, but they are the people who organize reunions and other alumni-related gatherings, so they will at least have collected some form of cell phone directory or contact list with which to keep in touch.
- When all else fails, if you haven’t had any luck with the websites, you can try calling the administrative office for your college or university to see if they have any resource for a cell phone directory or other number listing to help you out. They may at least be able to suggest some people to contact about this kind of information.
Within an alumni association, you’ll likely have many different options available, even if a cell phone directory isn’t available. For one thing, many have additional services available on their websites that can help you to ask around and find the information you’re seeking for your long-lost friend. Within the “private area” of the site, that is, the section you’ll need to log into, you may also find:
- Mailing address or email directories by graduating year and name.
- Message boards where you can ask around to find out if anyone has heard from the person lately and to see if you can discover contact information for that person.
- Career networking pages where you can ask around – especially if you remember the major and/or career path of your old school chum.
- Event, Activities, and Reunion pages where some news may be posted about your friend. If you see his or her name anywhere, you might learn a bit more about where he or she is living or working so that you can refine your cell phone lookup.
No matter where you find information – in a cell phone directory with the alumni association, with a cell phone lookup on the college or university website, or elsewhere, make sure you use a reverse phone lookup to make certain that the information is accurate, as many people forget to update school listings when they move or change numbers.
