EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs How the University of the Ozarks engaged local alumni August 9, 2023 Brian Henderson Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Engagement, University of the Ozarks The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software. With graduates finding alumni networks as a doorway to success with beautiful career options, a place to network, and give back, HEIs have started focusing on building alumni management software that benefits this new era of the mutually beneficial alumni network.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Morgan State University’s Magnificent Marching Machine plans to fundraise to cover costs associated with the band’s appearance in the international D-Day Normandy Parade in Normandy, France, on June 6, 2024. Morgan State will fundraise to cover associated costs for the trip. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2023

He expanded faculty diversity, established new programs and invested in student experience, public interest, bar passage, diversity, community engagement, budget management, and enhanced alumni engagement and fundraising performance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In February, the university launched the Falcon Pride Initiative Fundraising Campaign, aimed at rallying support — upward of $5 million — from internal stakeholders, alumni, friends, neighbors, and the HBCU community to demonstrate financial solvency for preserving its accreditation. “We

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Campus Groups

MAY 3, 2022

Higher education technology for alumni engagement is no exception. Alumni Engagement Technology With a busy event season upon us, this is a great time to evaluate the event experience for attendees and administrators alike. There are many benefits, for both alumni and administrators, to have a dedicated mobile-app for alumni events.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2023

As an academic administrator, she has a proven track record with leading a diverse faculty, financial management, pedagogical innovation, fundraising, and alumni development. “Professor Bond brings an intellectual trajectory that complements the scholarly focus of law faculty in Camden.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Sixty-one percent of charitable donations to higher ed came from organizations, 22 percent came from alumni and 16 percent came from individuals who were not alumni. While philanthropic foundations have dominated the boost in giving to higher education, increased contributions from alumni have also played a big part.

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University Business

APRIL 18, 2024

has decided to significantly downsize after falling short of its $12 million fundraising goals to avoid closure at the end of the academic year. As painful as it may be for higher education leaders, stakeholders and alumni to bid farewell to historical institutions, current students and faculty have the most to lose.

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EAB

JULY 7, 2023

Blogs Alumni giving metrics will no longer be a part of college rankings. This spring, US News and World Report announced they will remove alumni giving metrics from consideration for their 2024 college rankings. But measuring alumni participation rates (APR) has long been a dubious way to demonstrate alumni engagement and support.

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EAB

DECEMBER 11, 2023

From wrapping up critical end-of-year fundraising campaigns to processing influxes of year-end donations, advancement staff are working overtime during this final fundraising push. Sidestepping the Advancement Talent Crisis Follow these three strategies to source talent and increase fundraiser ROI. LEARN MORE 5.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Quick Facts Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri Large Public University 122,000+ alumni The Challenge The MSU advancement leadership team faced heightened pressures from their board to cut costs within their already lean advancement shop. Founded in 1905, its mission is to educate students to be global citizen scholars.

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EAB

MAY 15, 2023

Priority #1: Enhancing collaboration with deans and academic leaders to meet campaign goals Strong collaboration between fundraisers and academic partners is essential to meeting campaign goals and supporting ambitious institutional strategic plans. Chief advancement officers are increasingly confronting the reality of this crisis.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 22, 2023

The institution, known as a conservative hub, has been publicly pleading with alumni and donors the last few months for funds to help it survive past this academic year. King’s College, a Christian liberal arts college in New York City, has only raised about $500,000 of the $2.6 million it says it needs to stave off closure.

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EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

Blogs 5 attributes defining Gen Z's relationship with advancement As the class of 2023 prepares to graduate this spring, advancement leaders can no longer ignore the increasing prevalence of Generation Z in their donor and alumni constituencies. Advancement shops should expect Gen Z’s frugality to affect their behavior as donors and alumni.

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Ray Schroeder

OCTOBER 31, 2023

After taking a sabbatical early next year, she will return to Webster to work in alumni relations and fundraising, according to a press release issued Friday. Beth Stroble came to the university in 2009 as president and was named chancellor in 2019.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

As a result, some HBCUs have been forced to rely on a limited staff which is compounded by using obsolete and less efficient practices in key areas like recruitment and enrollment, student success, and fundraising. In fact, a study on the impact of CRMs, indicates potential cost savings of $2.4

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

“The University will submit a plan that necessitates ensuring that the UMass Amherst Foundation, not UMass Amherst, performs most of the advancement and fundraising work to maintain legal compliance moving forward,” Duffy wrote. Advancement employees, some of whom have been at the university for decades, were shocked and upset.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

To stay on track, institutions should raise 65% of their fundraising revenue before December 31. Meaning year-end campaigns can provide the perfect opportunity to give your fundraising efforts a needed boost or close any revenue gaps. But personalization goes a step further than just understanding the channels for deployment.

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EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Utilizing these traditions in your institution’s annual giving strategy can reignite memories in your alumni and inspire them to give back to their alma mater. The emotional connection your alumni audience already has to your institution is what sets them apart from other donor audiences. LEARN MORE DON’T: Rely solely on traditions.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Through over 10 years of partnership with EAB, Miami University has tested innovative digital strategies and reinvigorated traditional initiatives, all while avoiding staff turnover and keeping pace in a competitive and changing fundraising environment. Here’s why you should renew your commitment to annual giving anyway.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Say what you want about the state of the economy and how it’s creating headaches for higher education institutions, but that doesn’t stop those who have mastered the art of fundraising. Two things: persistence and alumni. Yet the potential to connect with alumni continues to grow. What makes them so successful?

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 9, 2024

Talking to your students and alumni provides a lot of value: You’re not just getting a piece of content for your website, you’re learning what your students like and don’t like about the program, experience, and institution as a whole. Your students and alumni are a rich source of information. Alumni have a different perspective.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 4, 2023

Fundraising appeals to alumni. Thus began a desperate scramble to save the private liberal arts college that has been an integral part of this idyllic Upstate New York village for nearly 200 years. The college tried everything it could: Asking lenders for more time to pay up. A bailout from the state. Partnerships with other colleges.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Serving a nearly 1,000 student body, her focus as president of SVY will be on fundraising and investment opportunities, Deseret News reports. King’s community must have held Whitaker in high regard, for the Christian university received its largest individual alumni gift and unrestricted financial gift in its 157-year history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

I spend a lot of time fundraising. We’re very blessed to have a strong, committed, and dedicated alumni board.” These types of student supports are expensive, however, and may be beyond the means of a typical community college. There’s a heavy lift in terms of philanthropy,” said Smith. “I Bank, Target, and 3M.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

million to meet immediate needs, warning that the small evangelical institution located in the heart of Wall Street is at risk of closure if it can’t quickly fundraise its way out of a dire situation. Fundraising is stagnant. “That type of fire alarm fundraising very often is not successful. million was Feb.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Additionally, an EAB study found that most universities have incorrect or incomplete emails for over half of their alumni. Another common digital strategy is retargeting (also called remarketing), which involves reaching out to alumni who showed interest in the past but didn’t end up making a gift.

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CU Work-Life Balance

AUGUST 3, 2023

Nomination details The award is open to ELP alumni who are currently working at the University of Colorado. 17 at Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel. Nominations will be accepted from any University of Colorado employee who has worked or is working with the nominee.

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University Business

JULY 17, 2023

Continue to make endowment-building and fundraising an institutional priority. Choose board members who specialize in winning charitable donations and build more systemic engagement with all alumni rather than a network. Still, HBCUs can maintain their mission with a few guidelines detailed in the report.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

What inspires these grim thoughts is Kimball and Iler’s richly researched, provocative and pivotally important history of college endowments, campus fundraising campaigns, university finances, institutional spending and student debt. Before the 1950s, most elite campuses invested their endowments conservatively in bonds and mortgages.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Thanks to the commitment of our dedicated community of students, faculty, academic staff, support staff and alums, we safely navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic, grew fundraising records and developed three strategic plans that will serve as blueprints for the future.” “I will carry MSU with me wherever I go.”

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

But in doing that, you may be missing unique opportunities to earn donations outside of alumni majors. For the sake of segmentation, labels are easy. It seems obvious to reach out to business grads for donations to business programs. Often, graduates’ interests may have changed since they were students. appeared first on EAB.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Alumni aren’t receiving perceived reciprocal value from their alma mater nor bought into why their dollars matter. Do you have the right experts in place to drive prospective students to admissions, move them through the awareness to admit process, and generate value for alumni through fundraising? Trying to increase giving?

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Students in this generation are changing the way institutions create and execute engagement strategies­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­—from enrollment to retention to alumni giving—requiring them to be more customized and digitally omnipresent than ever before. Diver deeper into insights we’ve learned from Gen Z.

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Campus Sonar

AUGUST 10, 2022

Private, third-party collectives (also called trusts) with connection to numerous Power 5 institutions, often initiated by alumni and former athletes with support of the current athletes in mind. Alumni and fans now have yet another source for donation consideration, upping the pressure on fundraisers. Why does this matter?

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EAB

OCTOBER 9, 2023

EAB is also extending its CRM to support alumni engagement and fundraising. These enhancements build on recent product innovations—including expanded student recruitment features and AI technology—that enable advisors to spend less time on routine administrative tasks and more time with students.

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