The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has announced University of Wollongong (UOW) Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings CBE as recipient of the prestigious 2020 CASE Asia-Pacific Leadership Award.

Imad B. Baalbaki, vice president for advancement and business development at the American University of Beirut (AUB), has been selected to receive the 2020 CASE Asia-Pacific Distinguished Service Award.

The president of Augsburg University speaks about his institution’s long-running commitment to inclusion and equity, how the past year has brought more urgency, and the crucial role of advancement.

The executive director of Equity in the Center talks about how equity is "trendy" and why institutions don’t approach this work like any other initiatives.

The director of strategic communications at The Browning School shares her thoughts on representation, authenticity, and the power of alumni of color.

The principal of Christina Chang Equity Consulting discusses empathy, embedding anti-racist systems, and understanding our history.

Alma mater means "fostering mother" in Latin. It is often used by alumni as a term of endearment conveying affection or a sense of home for schools they attended. But for far too many alumni of color who matriculated at majority white schools, that sentiment is not so simple. 

Campus traditions bring communities together. They build alumni identity and connections. But the pandemic has disrupted the ways campus communities gather, cancelling or changing traditions that were rooted in years of history. Where do traditions stand, in times of change? Here, advancement professionals and higher education researchers share why traditions endure, how they shift, and what role advancement today plays in celebrating and shaping them

Supporting fundraising and alumni relations simultaneously is one such example of strategic decision-making focused both on the present and the future health of our educational institutions. 

Monash University explored a century of history to honor the lives of alumni who served in World War I.