If we're to make sense of the idea John presented in Portland, we'll need the "data" (is giving actually down, in what classes, and by how much, if it is), and a more concrete proposal (just what would be expected of the board?). I notice neither John Sheehy nor Konrad Alt is signed into this blog, so I'm wondering if this info will come from Mike Teskey, Development, or one of them?
I suppose we could discuss the Career Services proposal in the meantime--how do put together a realizable proposal to present to the college and the alumni association?
(I guess this got posted as a "comment", which is different than a "post", so we'll see if this gets "posted". It's all new to me.)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Notes on Alumni Career Mentoring Network
OK, I am in. I am new at this but here goes.
Here are a few thoughts on the moving towards establishing a:
Reed College Alumni Career Mentoring Network:
Why?
1. There is considerable dissatisfaction with current situation, with sense of inadequate career service resources, both for current Reed students and recent alumni, and marginal involvement of alumni as network resource for students or recent alumni
2. There are diverse needs of current Reed students and recent alumni
3. There are continuing career mentoring needs of younger alumni after leaving the college
4. There is a desire to connect alumni with current students and recent alumni
5. There is a desire to connect alumni with the college
6. There is a desire to connect current students and recent alumni with the alumni association
What it might be?
Establish a career mentoring program of alumni volunteers wishing to participate in program in various fields and geographic locations, and linking these alumni with current student and recent alumni for a series of meetings and career help sessions, perhaps lasting several weeks and/or months. Challenges would include:
1. A need to recruit and possibly train alumni in career mentoring (by alumni association staff and/or volunteers?)
2. Establishment and maintenance of a alumni career mentoring database and contacts (by alumni association staff and/or volunteers?)
3. Continue laisson efforts between college's career services and alumni associaton
4. Monitoring of program to make certain it is meeting the needs of participants (both alumni volunteers and mentored students/recent alumni)
5. Many others (to be defined)
More to come?
Here are a few thoughts on the moving towards establishing a:
Reed College Alumni Career Mentoring Network:
Why?
1. There is considerable dissatisfaction with current situation, with sense of inadequate career service resources, both for current Reed students and recent alumni, and marginal involvement of alumni as network resource for students or recent alumni
2. There are diverse needs of current Reed students and recent alumni
3. There are continuing career mentoring needs of younger alumni after leaving the college
4. There is a desire to connect alumni with current students and recent alumni
5. There is a desire to connect alumni with the college
6. There is a desire to connect current students and recent alumni with the alumni association
What it might be?
Establish a career mentoring program of alumni volunteers wishing to participate in program in various fields and geographic locations, and linking these alumni with current student and recent alumni for a series of meetings and career help sessions, perhaps lasting several weeks and/or months. Challenges would include:
1. A need to recruit and possibly train alumni in career mentoring (by alumni association staff and/or volunteers?)
2. Establishment and maintenance of a alumni career mentoring database and contacts (by alumni association staff and/or volunteers?)
3. Continue laisson efforts between college's career services and alumni associaton
4. Monitoring of program to make certain it is meeting the needs of participants (both alumni volunteers and mentored students/recent alumni)
5. Many others (to be defined)
More to come?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Minutes for Saturday, 9/27
I can't figure out how to attach a Word file, so here are the minutes in this post.
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Minutes for Saturday, 9/27
I am posting the minutes for our Saturday sessions now. Will post Friday minutes later today.
Great to see you all!
Holly
Hooray
Yay to Holly for getting this going. I enjoyed participating in the Past Presidents' discussion over the weekend and look forward to keeping the discussion going.
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