Currents Magazine
Currents, an award-winning magazine for CASE members, explores contemporary issues, trends, and best practices in advancement. The magazine takes an interdisciplinary approach to educational advancement, featuring articles on topics such as effective gift fundraising, the importance of storytelling, building connections with alumni of international schools, marketing to digitally savvy students, and the necessity of creating a productive workplace culture.
Currents shines a light on institutions and individuals who are doing exceptional work and pushing the field of advancement forward.
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Latest Content
Reputation as a Compass
“Reputation can be viewed as a compass to help university leaders navigate the waters of university governance,” writes Santiago Fernández-Gubieda in A Memorable Experience: A Strategic Approach to University Reputation, published by CASE. Here, he shares insights from his research into how leaders view the importance of governance decisions when it comes to cultivating reputation.
Current Issue
April - May 2026
DIGITAL-ONLY ISSUE—Giving through, not just to: transforming philanthropic messaging. Plus the latest in naming rights, how investing in students today sets the foundation for alumni engagement, rewiring giving through high-impact funds, and more.
Past Issues
May - June 2024
Finding the Right Words: Best practices for responding in high-stakes situations. Also, how to diversify your donor pipeline, why mentoring matters, and harnessing the narrative with the seven basic plots of storytelling.
Currents - March/April 2024
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE - Institutions are visualizing success with innovative dashboards. Plus, help for students experiencing homelessness, belonging as the corner piece of the workplace puzzle, and more.
January–February 2024
Celebrating the 2023 Circle of Excellence winners! How photographers got the shot, recalculating the ROI on engagement, Ball State's day of giving, and stories that highlight women.
November - December 2023
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE - How to achieve the "golden record" with master data management. Plus, how to engage pandemic-era graduates, match making alumni mentors and student mentees, and chatting about ChatGPT.
September - October 2023
Discover the Next stories highlight the value of higher education. Plus, strategies to build reputation, embracing transferable skills when recruiting, taking a fresh look at fundraising data, and more.
July - August 2023
Making remote and hybrid workplace models work. Plus strategies to build your magazine's digital presence, how Black women navigate careers in advancement, and a look at the CASE Advancement Inclusion Index.
May - June 2023
Cooking Up Connections: How food hits the spot when it comes to engaging donors, alumni, and campus communities. Plus how to make the case for unrestricted gifts, use maturity models to spark transformation, untangle gifts with strings, and more.
March - April 2023
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE - Measures of Success: Five teams share stories of data in action. Plus a spotlight on sustainability: fundraising for climate initiatives, digital sustainability, and storytelling about climate change.
January - February 2023
Engaging donors, alumni, and campus communities: that’s what the 2022 Circle of Excellence Awards winners did exceptionally well. In this issue of Currents, explore award-winning projects that connected with audiences in novel, compelling, meaningful ways.
November - December 2022
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE - Workplace Wellness: What institutions, leaders, and individuals can do to address burnout and support well-being. Plus: mindfulness strategies to find focus, putting data in action, fundraising amid inflation, and more.