Celebrating Alumni Achievements Posted on October 9th, 2009 by Barb Larson Taylor

Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force:

Spotlight and celebrate the achievements (both professional and personal) of alumni more widely throughout campus.

Additional explanation:

The Alumni Board should determine criteria, process, and privileges to more effectively “adopt” non-graduates and include these people in programs to intentionally keep them engaged long-term.

Additional explanation:

This may include: creating outdoor/indoor, revolving interactive installations of alumni achievements; filling building walls with the rich history and pictures of alumni; expanding alumni class notes/letters to include information beyond employment (volunteer, service, or special interests) and establishing a policy to purchase every book authored by alumni. The spirit of this recommendation can be encapsulated in a phrase such as “Mark of a Gustie” or “We are Gustavus.”

This recommendation was placed in the Lifelong Engagement Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language:

Actively gather new and different information from alumni to celebrate achievements more widely throughout campus and to drive all forms of alumni engagement.

This recommendation was placed is Tier 1 and is being monitored by the Vice President for Marketing and Communication.