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Lifelong Learning
Recommendation from the Academic Programs and New Initiatives Task Force: Develop a plan, structure, and staffing for self-sustaining mission-focused lifelong learning. Additional explanation: The goal is for Gustavus to be seen as a knowledge hub and collaborator, a regional leader to which people come for expertise. This could include exploring ways to build programs that […]
Alumni Communication Best Practices
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Be recognized within five years as a best-practice college in alumni communication. Additional explanation: Through a collaboration between the Advancement and Marketing and Communication Divisions, devise the appropriate communications tools (online and print) to systematize the means and messaging for engaging alumni and celebrating their diverse perspectives and achievements. […]
Alumni and the Career Center
Recommendation from the Student Life Task Force: Enhance effective communication and relationships with alumni as mentors and resources for student vocational and career aspiration. Additional explanation: Building upon the partnership of the Career Center and the Alumni Office, provide staffing to utilize technology to facilitate effective relationships between alumni and students to increase the number […]
Alumni Giving Participation
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Develop a ten year strategy to increase alumni participation in giving to Gustavus to at least 50 percent. This recommendation was placed in the Lifelong Engagement Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Develop a ten-year strategy to increase alumni participation in giving to Gustavus to at least 50 […]
Philosophy for Alumni Engagement
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Devise a Gustavus “Philosophy for Alumni Engagement”—transforming the alumni continuum; imparting a vision for lifelong, symbiotic relationships that commences during the admission process; delineating and instilling the identity of a “Gustie” that details the pre-, during-, and post-college experience; and developing a sense of ownership of the institution that […]
International Alumni Connections
Recommendation from the Global and Multicultural Initiatives Task Force: Create an international alumni communications infrastructure for students, professors, and administration to connect with alumni through the development of robust online tools. Additional explanation: It is envisioned that alumni could provide information and insights on multicultural/global experiences, associations, interests, passions, skills, and accomplishments. Alumni would self-select […]
Alumni Communication Preferences
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Explore methods to track and use alumni communication preferences for delivery type, messaging, and topic content to make 25 percent of communication to any alumnus permission-based, personalized, and customized. Additional explanation: This includes policies and procedures to track and support the option for alumni to receive information online vs. […]
Volunteer Structure for Soliciting Gifts
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Create a new volunteer structure to support the soliciting of philanthropic gifts. This recommendation was placed in the Lifelong Engagement Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Create a new volunteer structure to support the soliciting of philanthropic gifts. This recommendation was placed is Tier 2 and is being […]
Alumni and Academic Departments
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Intentionally engage alumni in the life of academic programs by creating the structure, resources, and communication platform (e.g., a database) to support departments engaging with alumni. Additional explanation: This may be through national committees to capitalize on critical synergies among alumni resources, leveraging industry expertise, mentoring external connections for […]
Revamp Alumni Leadership Model
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Revamp the alumni leadership model to build and sustain a mutually-supportive, broad-based level of engagement and service with Gustavus. Additional explanation: Possible activities include: involving more alumni within each class leadership committee and accommodating specialization to cover the many leadership roles (i.e., class letters, annual giving, class reunions); automating […]