The UTC Office of Alumni Affairs has been around for many years and has helped in the efforts of maintaining communication between the University and it’s alumni, who live across the globe. It has  helped to facilitate activities and programs to bring alumni back together for positive social networking, relationship building and reminiscing about the “college glory days.” And it has helped the University develop advocates to promote the benefits of an incredible and affordable education.

But is there a missing purpose? Is this all that Chattanooga’s alumni office can do? And more imporantly is this all Chattanooga’s alumni office has the resources to accomplish?

The relevance of university alumni offices and associations are often called into question, yet there is a very significant role they can play in helping to strengthen the University AND the alumni base the University produces year after year. (read Building the Case for an Alumni Program, an article by Paul J. Clifford, vice chancellor for alumni relations at East Carolina University, that he wrote for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education -CASE).

In order for us to strengthen the methods we use to serve our alumni AND our University, we’d like to hear from you.  Please help us by answering some of the questions below. Feel free to post a comment on them, or send us your thoughts via e-mail to letusknow@utc.edu. You, in many ways, are our “customers” and “family members” and who better to ask on how to improve our services!  And please, be HONEST yet considerately fair with your responses.

QUESTIONS

1. What should be the main focus of UTC’s office of Alumni Affairs?
2. What needs to change to meet the desires and needs of today’s alumni?
3. How often should the alumni office contact the alumni base?
4. What are the best methods of communication that you would want to receive from the alumni office? (magazine, e-newsletters, e-mails, etc.)
5. In what types of alumni programs would you most likely participate?
6. What are some University and alumni activities for which you would most likely volunteer to help organize and produce?
7. In your opinion, what are the most imporant functions of the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs, in order of importance?
8. Do you feel that it is important to have a separate alumni office for UTC/UC alumni in addition to the University of Tennessee (system) Alumni Association (UTAA)? Again, in your view, what are the most important reasons to have a separate office?
9. How can the University help to provide the resources needed for the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs to strengthen its efforts to serve UTC/UC alumni?
10. General feedback/comments:

Thank you for your time and thought in our effort in strengthening your alumni office.

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