Increase Engagement and Giving Through a Selective Alumni-Student Mentoring Program

Last updated August 16, 2019

Course Length

57m

Last Updated

August 16, 2019

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Increase Engagement and Giving Through a Selective Alumni-Student Mentoring Program

Last updated August 16, 2019

Table of Contents

Introduction
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Overview of the Leadership OU Program
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Launch of the Program
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Day-to-Day Management
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How to Measure Impact on Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving
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Hear from a director of alumni engagement whose leadership has resulted in four consecutive years of recognition through the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Overview

All alumni-student mentoring programs connect students to alumni for professional development and engagement purposes. But while some programs aim to serve as many students as possible, other programs try to foster meaningful connections by being highly personalized and selective.

Join us online to learn about Leadership OU, a highly selective, award-winning program at Oakland University. This program pairs only 15 promising students with mid-career alumni mentors while also connecting those students to alumni guest speakers who are prominent in their fields.

While Oakland chose to serve only a small number of students because of limited resources, they’ve successfully channeled the selectivity into one of the program’s greatest assets. Through their year-long professional development curriculum, they’ve inspired $90,000 in mentor giving and $108,000 in speaker giving.

Who should attend?

Alumni relations and engagement professionals, even those with limited resources, will learn how to build and sustain a selective alumni-student mentoring program. Senior leaders and faculty who work with advancement offices may also enjoy this webcast. Senior leaders and faculty who work with advancement offices may also enjoy this webcast to learn how the Leadership OU program began as a student success initiative.

Agenda

To help you understand the key components of the Leadership OU program, our speakers will guide you through the following:

1) Overview of the Leadership OU Program: You’ll learn why the program was created and what problems it has solved — for both students and alumni.

2) Day-to-Day Management: You’ll learn how students, mentors, and guest speakers are selected — as well as how events are used to develop relationships.

3) How to Measure Impact on Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving: You’ll learn how Oakland University measures success related to alumni engagement and annual giving.

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Portrait of Erin Sudrovech

Erin Sudrovech

Director of Alumni Engagement, Oakland University

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Portrait of Aaron Helander

Aaron W. Helander

Student Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Oakland University Alumni Engagement

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