Tactic/Activity | KPI |
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Facilitate the presence of alumni / employers in classrooms, speaker series, mentorship program, and other events, with a focus on DE&I. | Increased job / internships /and other post-graduate placements |
Increased alumni giving | |
Increased student satisfaction with educational experience | |
# of students/alumni participating in mentorship program | |
Expanding industry relationships / internships opportunities with a focus on: 1) increasing internship opportunities outside of KY, and 2) utilizing greater area expertise in career services for developing industry relationships and connecting students with employers / alumni. | Increased employer pool / student placements inside and outside of KY |
Tactic/Activity | KPI |
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Formalize a mentorship program between alumni and students with a focus on DE&I, facilitating engagement between multiple key stakeholders. | Analytics of platform to measure success of engagement |
Measure both quantitative and qualitative outcomes | |
Communicate engagement opportunities, including information about high performing students to our Gatton alumni via all the channels. | Evaluate analytics for all channels (website should serve as a one-stop location for alumni) |
Number of hire / internship increases | |
Distinguished Lecture Series: Invite distinguished speakers from academic, politics, business to discuss pressing societal challenges. | Engagement of University with wider community, yielding increased outreach visibility |
Donors to underwrite the series and other activities | |
Develop a podcast series that highlights successful Gatton alumni in the “Behind the Blue” podcast. | Use analytics of platforms to measure success of engagement |
Tactic/Activity | KPI |
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Increase Gatton-specific events on- and off-site that are geared towards enabling our alumni to make more meaningful connections with one another at University events (e.g., UK Athletic events). | Number of new contacts and relationships and the depth of connections |
Rollout and promotion of the Gatton College app allowing higher connectivity to the College, UK and other alumni / faculty and staff. | Assess app engagement measures (e.g., # and duration of interactions with the app) |
Develop a database of alumni and key companies who hire within the region. | Better and consistently targeted communication with alumni and employers |
Establish additional departmental advisory boards. | Board membership and participation |
Expand the cultural impact of Gatton as a “Second Home” – the support and culture of Gatton can be important to all alumni. | Increase relationships |
Expand area alumni expertise in Graham Office of Career Management and Alumni Relations. | Increase relationships |
Encourage faculty engagement with alumni / employers through continuing education, advisory board membership and classroom events. | Number of alumni engaged with faculty |
Number of alumni engaged in continuing education through Gatton | |
Number of alumni engaged in classroom, extra-curricular activities |