Adjusting Our Work and Offering Great Content, Too
My team has been working hard recently to develop new and exciting ways to bring programming to our alumni, whether in person or virtually. I am proud to share that what we’ve developed is not only a great program, but is also coming at an incredible time in our world. Wellness Wednesdays, featuring IU alumna …
IUAA Election is Online
Since our community is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by staying home and practicing social distancing, it’s a good time to have digital resources at our fingertips. In addition to an election ballot in your spring 2020 issue of the Indiana University Alumni Magazine, the slate and election is being offered online as well! All …
“Best of Me” is Best for Us: Employee and Volunteer Engagement
While this blog post was originally written prior to the COVID-19 events currently affecting our everyday lives, there is great wisdom in taking time to reflect on these prompts as leaders and as those who are now faced with many changes. Whether you’re now working from home or strategizing new ways to continue connections with …
IU Alumni Volunteers: You Are Cared For
By now, you have likely been contacted by your liaison letting you know about the ever-changing COVID-19 situation. You are reading IU updates online and talking with fellow volunteers, and I’d like to offer additional context and information. I apologize for the length of this note, but we want to offer some clarity and comfort …
Spotlight: LGBTQ+ Celebration Weekend
The LGBTQ+ Celebration Weekend is a wrap! In those two days I was honored to watch our staff and volunteers, led by LGBTQ+ Alumni Association President Cindy Stone, in outstanding engagement and positive momentum. In case you didn’t know, the IU LGBTQ+ Alumni Association is an active and vibrant organization of IU alumni and friends …
Recruiting Reminders for our Best Alumni Fans
In my role with the I Association, I interact with current and former student athletes regularly. It is important that we all understand the guidelines of the NCAA and our interactions with talented prospective students (“prospects”), so I’m providing some helpful reminders: As an Indiana University (IU) season ticket holder, alumnus, Varsity Club member, or …
IUAA Member Recognition Program
Over the past year, my office has worked collaboratively with the Alumni Business Office, Advancement Data, Communities, and many others on the IUAA team to envision a member program that speaks to the core purpose of our existence: connection to the 712,000+ alumni around the world. Our language is changing to one that is caused-based …
Board and Executive Council Slate 2020
The IU Alumni Association governance committee has determined its slate of candidates for the election of officers, at-large members of the Board of Managers, and at-large members of the 2020-2021 IUAA Executive Council. Nominations for the Board of Managers are Joshua Kornberg, BA’12, nominated for chair-elect; Lori Pearson-Perry, BS’01, nominated for vice chair; Larry Lentych, …
IU Sports Network: Part of IUAA’s History, Too
Today’s blog post was written by former CEO of IUAA, Ken Beckley, BS ’62. A short selection appears below, and the full story of the IU sports network, along with many more historical pieces about WTIU’s 50th anniversary in 2019, can be found here. Indiana University owned and operated its own radio sports broadcasting network …
Spotlight: Cristina Goodenough, BA’06
Our Volunteer Spotlight this week is Cristina Goodenough. Cristina graduated from the Media School at Indiana University Bloomington in 2006 where she majored in telecommunications and minored in business. She is the Social Media Lead for the Nashville, Tennessee, IUAA chapter. Cristina shared that she was a “social media gal” so it was only right …
Bowl Games Past and Present
This was my third bowl with IU since beginning my tenure at the IUAA, and each year the enthusiasm, fans, and the team itself just keep getting better. While in Jacksonville I ran into former IU Travels participants that would stop and say hello to me and that just doesn’t happen everywhere. I’m so honored …
Moving Forward Together in 2020
“A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.” – Simon Sinek Welcome to 2020! With the change of the calendar, many of us are inspired to make changes in our lives. Perhaps we set personal or professional goals; maybe we create an intention about …