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Increasing Alumni Engagement When Your Numbers Are Low

Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2015 by Mary R. Murphy, Alumni Relations & Career Development Specialist, Bauman College
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Alumni are an important asset for colleges. They most often will enthusiastically represent and support their college in a positive way. Word of mouth is a powerful tool, and alumni can be the best spokespeople. However, when alumni are not engaged, that valuable word of mouth may no longer exist….

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How Can Alumni Help Current Students for the Job Interviews?

Posted on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 by Çağla Akbaş
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After graduation all the graduates envision landing their dream jobs and becoming respectable employees. Before passing that phase of their life, there is a huge step ahead of them, job interviews. Interviews are becoming a very stressful and nerve-wrecking experience, a nightmare for graduates. A huge portion of them haven’t experienced any job…

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Are You a Thoughtful Alum?

Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 by Çağla Akbaş
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If you’ve ever felt the urge to buy fresh pencils and open the first page of a crisp new notebook, it means you are an alum. The memories of the good-ol’ days of your Alma-mater are still fresh in your mind, whether you graduated two years ago or 20, most…

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5 Things Students want from their Alumni

Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2015 by Çağla Akbaş
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Alumni are the only community that can understand the students of their Alma mater and the shortcomings of their college. Rightfully, students have some ‘desires’ from their alumni. We asked students what were the top 5 things they wanted from their alumni: Provide an internship/placement opportunity It is really important…

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Reaching out to our Alumni using the Doon School Mobile App

Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 by Rishabh C. Sharma
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The Doon School was established in 1935 and has nearly 6,000 Old Boys as a part of its alumni network. The school has always been known to forge deep bonds amongst its students which last a lifetime. We observed that the students were very good at staying in touch with…

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Engage Alumni to Make College Life Easier for New Students

Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 by Çağla Akbaş
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Loneliness and helplessness are really common feelings for students who have just joined a new school/college. We remember the first few days in the institution, of how reluctant we were to attend classes or to interact with people without knowing them. Also, we were unaware of the culture, tradition and…

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Case Study: Launch of The Doon School App

Posted on Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 by Vaibhav Nanchahal
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History has been witness to paradigm shifts every few years or so. The advent of the wheel made it possible for us to commute and relocate. With cell-phones and emails, we said goodbye to telegrams and snail-mail. Over the last few years, we have seen a change in peoples’ preferred…

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