Understanding Student Development and Recent Alumni Needs
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CT
Speaker(s): Terrance Smith, Senior Director of Student and Young Alumni Engagement, University of Georgia, Gloria Ko, Senior Director, Alumni Career Engagement, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleen McGinn, Director, Young Alumni & Student Philanthropy, Fairfield University, Raeanna Mowl, Assistant Director, Student Alumni Engagement, Vanderbilt University, April Speck-Ewer, Director of Advancement, St. Stephen's Episcopal School
Plenary
This session will explore what students and recent alumni are experiencing in our institutions and life about college. We will ground our conference with a basic student development and life-stage framework, and then connect how our advancement work helps to cement our constituents’ affinity to our institutions. The session will also explore the unique traits of the current generation and explore what our recent alumni need from our institutions.