Mendoza alumni partner with Chicago nonprofits // The Observer

Mendoza alumni partner with Chicago nonprofits // The Observer: "Notre Dame Impact Partners, a program run by the Mendoza College of Business’s Graduate Alumni Relations Program, pairs Notre Dame alumni who have experience in business with nonprofit organizations in the Chicago area. The alumni then use their expertise to tackle projects that range from nonprofit outreach to assistance in mergers, director of Notre Dame Impact Partners Timothy Ponisciak said."



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Gender gap persists in alumni leadership, donations | The Chronicle

Gender gap persists in alumni leadership, donations | The Chronicle: The Duke Forward capital campaign may be more than halfway to its goal, but recent research shows that women make up significantly less than half of of alumni leadership positions and high-level donors—statistics that a new initiative hopes to change.

Optimizing lost alumni research, with a twist | CoolData blog

Optimizing lost alumni research, with a twist | CoolData blog: There are data-driven ways to get the biggest bang for your buck from the mundane activity of finding lost alumni. I’m going to share some ideas on optimizing for impact (which should all sound like basic common sense), and then I’m going to show you a cool data way to boost your success as you search for lost alumni and donors (the “twist”). If lost alumni is not a burning issue for your school, you still might find the cool stuff interesting, so I encourage you to skip down the page.

Conscious coupling: Miami University of Ohio prides itself on alums who tie the knot with fellow grads� - NY Daily News

Conscious coupling: Miami University of Ohio prides itself on alums who tie the knot with fellow grads� - NY Daily News: The university, which has an undergraduate enrollment of about 15,500, has been keeping tabs on alums who marry since the early '70s. The alumni office sends them Valentines cards every year and highlights the matches in university publications. In 2009, Miami organized a vow-renewal ceremony for 1,087 couples that set a Guinness World Record. In addition to inviting Miami Mergers, the university included their families and Miami graduates who were not married to other alums.

Alumni engagement scoring vs. predictive modelling | CoolData blog

Alumni engagement scoring vs. predictive modelling | CoolData blog: Alumni engagement scoring has an undeniable appeal. What could be simpler? Just add up how many events an alum has attended, add more points for volunteering, add more points for supporting the Annual Fund, and maybe some points for other factors that seem related to engagement, and there you have your score. If you want to get more sophisticated, you can try weighting each score input, but generally engagement scoring doesn’t involve any advanced statistics and is easily grasped.