Insights
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30th Anniversary Of CAAE Part I: The Past
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: April 21, 2020
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of CAAE’s founding in 1989, the Association’s Winter Institute held in Scottsdale, AZ, in February 2020 featured three special panel discussions moderated by founding member Steve Grafton, President & CEO of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. The first panel featured fellow founding member Doug Dibbert, President of the University of North Carolina General Alumni Association, and Amy Button Renz, President and CEO of Kansas State Alumni Association, member since 1994, who together, took a look back at the founding of CAAE. Additional recollections were gathered in a post-Institute telephone interview with CAAE founding President Robert G. (Bob) Forman, Steve Grafton’s predecessor at the University of Michigan Alumni Association.
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30th Anniversary Of CAAE Part II: The Present
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: April 21, 2020
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of CAAE’s founding in 1989, the Association’s Winter Institute held in Scottsdale, AZ, in February 2020 featured three special panel discussions moderated by founding member Steve Grafton, President & CEO of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. The second panel featured Howard Wolf, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and President of the Stanford Alumni Association, and Whitney Espich, CEO of MIT Alumni Association, who discussed the current challenges facing our profession and our Association.
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30th Anniversary Of CAAE Part III: The Future
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: April 21, 2020
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of CAAE’s founding in 1989, the Association’s Winter Institute held in Scottsdale, AZ, in February 2020 featured three special panel discussions moderated by founding member Steve Grafton, President & CEO of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan. The final panel featured outgoing President, Barbara Dick, Assistant Vice-President, Alumni Relations, University of Toronto, in conversation with incoming President, F. Hoopes Wampler, Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations, University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Lee Patouillet Retires After 40 Years Of Service
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: April 20, 2020
After 40 years of dedicated service to higher education, Dr. Lee Patouillet announced his retirement from the University of Tennessee, in February 2020. At the CAAE Winter Institute in Arizona, Lee shared some valuable professional and life lessons with his colleagues and friends in attendance, and was given a rousing standing ovation for his life’s work.
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2020 CAAE Fellows Recap
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: April 21, 2020
The 2020 CAAE Winter Institute featured the Fellows presentations earlier in the program to allow for the widespread participation by members – and the Fellows did not disappoint.
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Reflections On Alumni Engagement During COVID-19
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: June 29, 2020
Duane Wiles (UTennessee) shares his takeaways as a featured panelist in two recent webinars: Alumni Relations in Uncertain Times (April 2020) and Engagement During COVID-19 for Large Operations (May 2020).
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CAAE Recipients Of 2020 CASE Grand Gold And Platinum Awards
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: June 30, 2020
Each year, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards recognizes hundreds of institutions whose talented staff members advance their institutions through innovative, inspiring and creative ideas. Despite the seriousness of these pandemic times, CAAE wishes to take a moment to celebrate our many member recipients of these hallmark awards.
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Knowledge-Sharing In Uncertain Times
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: July 16, 2020
The daily challenges of this unprecedented global health crisis have forced us to adapt in ways we never imagined, yet since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, members of CAAE have continued our organization’s tradition of thought leadership by sharing their knowledge and expertise with others, as we navigate through these times of great uncertainty together.
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Inaugural Virtual Meet-Up Recap: Leveraging The Digital Space And Communications During COVID-19
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: July 02, 2020
Read on for a recap of the first CAAE Virtual Meet-up held on June 16, 2020, featuring a presentation by our Duke University colleagues.
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A Membership Success Story: Washington State University Alumni Association
By: Gabrielle Korn - Date Published: July 29, 2020
Read on for the conclusion of a self-described aggressive membership marketing plan that defied the odds and brought tremendous value to Washington State University and the Washington State University Alumni Association.