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Weaver, Gail Berson; Odermatt, Diane – CASE Currents, 1981
The Mills College Alumnae Admissions Representative program is described. Three priorities for developing a program are identified: setting goals, deciding on management, and establishing the scope of program. The selection of volunteers and their training are discussed. Recognition of volunteer effort is seen as especially important. (MLW)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Admission, Higher Education, Private Colleges
Christion, Laura – Currents, 1994
The strategies used by a variety of colleges to involve alumni in student recruitment efforts are described. These include awards programs, scholarships, talent scouting, college nights, interviewing, special events, and communication with prospective or incoming students. The importance of training and communication in the alumni-recruitment…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Applicants, College Students, Higher Education
Christon, Laura – Currents, 1994
Four experienced college alumni volunteers offer information and opinions on how and why they became volunteers, how they serve, amount of time spent volunteering, what the alumni office does that is most helpful, how to keep volunteers from feeling overburdened, how to reward volunteers, and working with a spouse. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Administration, College Role
Feudo, John – Currents, 1996
Five tactics used by the University of Massachusetts to make alumni operations effective with minimal cost include assuring the campus administration's commitment to alumni club programming, training chapter volunteers on campus and through regional visits, controlling mailing costs, planning events in a cost-effective manner, and deciding whether…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
von Schlegell, Abbie J. – Currents, 1992
Volunteer fund raisers for colleges bring enthusiasm, perspective, motivation, and influence to the task of soliciting gifts. They stretch staff time, fill out the fund-raising team, and cost little. Careful definition of responsibilities, recruitment, training, and monitoring and rewards for good work are essential to getting the best results.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Fund Raising
Henderson, Nancy – Currents, 1995
Advice is offered for making college alumni reunions successful fund-raising events, illustrated with ideas used by several institutions. Suggestions include long-range planning, leadership by complementary cochairmen, recruitment of committed volunteers, flexible structuring of class committees, continual coaching of volunteers, and establishing…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Administration
Ellis, Susan J. – Currents, 1994
Strategies for recruiting and keeping alumni for college volunteer programs address specific issues: demands on personal time; length of assignment; accommodating spouses and divorced alumni; generation gaps; advancing technology; economic climate; occupational and geographic mobility; and competition with other organizations for volunteers' time.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alumni, College Administration, Competition
Franklin, Christine G. – Currents, 1991
Whether facing budget and staff cuts or event logistics, alumni associations can make good use of volunteers. Three important rules for volunteer program management include maintaining good volunteer relationships, knowing when to ask for help, and recruiting good veteran, novice, and even nonalumni volunteers. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Program Administration
Habben, Dorothy E.; Stewart, Clifford T. – 1980
A model is presented for constructing and evaluating an effective alumni volunteer program to aid in the student recruitment effort. A review of successful programs reveals certain common features and provides important touchstones for other schools looking for the principles and practices with which to organize their own efforts. The first…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Admission, College Applicants, College Students
Paresky, Susan S. – Currents, 1994
College and university development officers are encouraged to adjust their expectations of volunteers to the current reality of graduates' schedules and commitments. Five barriers to volunteering (economic, time and distance, language and cultural, environmental, and competitive) are identified, and techniques for overcoming them are offered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, Competition, Cultural Differences, Economic Climate
Miner, Stephen G. – Campus Activities Programming, 1998
Some innovations in portable technology are of particular interest to community colleges, where students are more likely to be commuters and/or have multiple commitments. Professionals in campus activities programming can capitalize on computer-literacy course requirements for the benefit of their student volunteers in ways that encourage them to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Commuting Students, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Trends
Collison, Michele N-K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
As campus student volunteer activities have grown, colleges have acknowledged the need for better organization by hiring recent graduates to coordinate them. The young deans have proven to be both enthusiastic and effective at this task. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, Deans, Higher Education
Outhouse, William L. – Currents, 1991
An institutional advancement administrator draws on experience running an office with limited resources to offer suggestions to others, including putting basics in place first, then fine-tuning them, and developing a do-everything publication, a plan for special events and fund-raising, an annual giving structure, and a strong core of volunteers.…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Program Administration
Blakemore, Donna – Currents, 1994
Alumni with drive and influence can help a college alumni organization meet its long-term goals. Prospective donors may be willing volunteers, and regular review of the alumni notes may suggest volunteers. A diverse volunteer group can best represent diverse alumni populations. Challenging, meaningful assignments that tap expertise are the most…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, Attitudes, College Administration
Goodlick, Julie D. – Currents, 1998
Two models of administering college and university alumni chapters--using volunteers or paid staff--are compared, based on comments from alumni directors who have addressed the issues. A flexible club structure, which integrates a fully structured, chartered-chapter model with two versions of predominantly staff-driven models, is proposed as…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
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