Events and Activities

Chapters should develop a calendar of meetings and events each year at their annual organizational meetings. All programming should have a purpose! Is your committee trying to enhance alumni involvement in student recruitment? Are you trying to get more young alumni involved? Do you need to focus on building a stronger career network in your region?

The Office of Alumni Relations (OAR) will work with your committees to develop objectives for each year that will determine the nature of alumni programming in your areas.

Regardless, here are some examples of, but not limited to, activities that you might plan for alumni in your regions:

Student Recruitment
  • Receptions for prospective students, freshmen send-offs, call nights congratulating accepted students in your area, bus trips to Fall Open House on campus.
Career Networking
  • Career networking receptions, career panels, business card exchange.
Educational/Cultural
  • Lectures on current topics, historical tours, mass and brunches, museum exhibits, theatre productions, symphony orchestra performances.
Community Service
  • Ice cream socials, neighborhood cleanup, soup kitchen visit, Habitat for Humanity.
Social/Family
  • Family picnics, boat cruises, cocktail receptions or happy hours, major athletic events, game watches.

Special Initiatives
Other than playing a vital role in engaging alumni on a national level, regional chapters also advance the goals and objectives of the alumni association. In any given year, OAR and the Alumni Association Board of Directors decide to focus on special initiatives such as student recruitment and career mentoring. The president of the college may also plan to visit your chapter. In such cases, your chapter might be targeted for these initiatives and may be asked to develop programming around them.

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