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.
Current Issue
Currents - May/June 2025
UNITED IN MISSION: How institutions’ top leaders are joining forces with advancement.
Plus a checklist for building trust, moving from intention to action with gap analysis, answering the call for connection with alumni, and more.
Past Issues
March - April 2025
DIGITAL-ONLY ISSUE—Why compassion matters more than ever in talent management.
Plus what universities and schools can learn from one another, how one school rebooted annual giving, neurodiversity in advancement, and more.
January - February 2025
SKY'S THE LIMIT: Dynamic marketing and communications can help institutions today reach for the stars and achieve crucial outcomes. In this issue, meet some of the 2024 Circle of Excellence winners in the marketing and communications categories—and explore CASE's new framework to measure the impact of this vital, increasingly sophisticated work in advancement.
November - December 2024
DIGITAL-ONLY ISSUE - Using data, visualizations, and infographics to reach donors and alumni.
Plus communications strategies for corporate relations professionals, the story behind one university's new alumni center, a look inside CASE's new Latin America benchmarking project, and more.
September - October 2024
Celebrate CASE's 50 anniversary! Explore CASE's history, global journey, and signature activities that serve the profession, like research, training, mentoring, and more.
July - August 2024
Creating a Global Network: Dutch alumni teams extend their international reach. Also, meaningful donor and fundraiser relationships, meeting the mission at public regional universities, and connecting the pieces on a community college brand refresh.
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.