Alumni Engagement

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Representation

  • Created standing committee on Inclusion and Engagement on the Alumni Board of Directors;
  • Increased diversity of Alumni Board and Kathekon.

Outreach and Programming

  • Created Inside W&L, the first e-newsletter specifically for black alumni;
  • Worked with alumni chapters to increase multicultural engagement, sponsoring speakers and hosting events at the Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., and ZuCot Gallery, an African American-owned gallery in Atlanta;
  • Hosted three Black alumni reunions since 2012.
  • Established the first philanthropic effort by Black alumni, to support minority student experiences;
  • Added multicultural alumni and student event to Young Alumni Weekend programming;
  • Co-sponsored and funded an alumni career panel for Black students in 2016;
  • Provided organizational support and funding for the 2019 FLEX gathering of Black alumni and students;
  • Added an Alumni Engagement staff member to support affinity groups and engage more diverse alumni.