Page 43 - Mid-Year Reports

Mid-Term
Objective(s) Goal Status
Actual

x Met Target

To increase Alumni Giving Rate 15% 262% On Target to Meet Target

Not On Target

Milestones Achieved Mid-Term Strategies To Overcome Barriers/Challenges/Other

Alumni giving is up 262% from prior years Increase the visibility of alumni on campus and at University activities,
1 1 and engage the Chancellor more with current alumni association.

Alumni members are more engaged with 29 members participating in Hire an Alumni Development Officer who will be intimately involved
2 planning the Emmett Bashful Scholarship and Silent Auction Gala 2 with the Alumni Association.

Alumni Association has disseminated University publications/fundraisers to Continue to attend and engage Alumni members through fundraising
3 members throughout 2021 3 committees, attending their monthly meetings, and engaging them in
campus activities

Barriers/Challenges
Comments

SUNO’s Advancement office is not a true Institutional Advancement office as A fully functional Institutional Advancement Office should include the
1 seen on other HBCU campuses—Lack of staffing—there is a need for a Alumni following:
Development Officer 1. Director of Development (2 officers to handle Corporate Relations,
Government Relations, and Community Relations)
The alumni continue to communicate negative experiences and opinions 2. Alumni Relations Officer
2 about past interaction with University officials, etc. 3. Grants Officer (Foundation Funding)

4. Planned and Major Gift Giving Officer
Alumni members have expressed the “unwelcoming” environment on campus
3 and amongst leadership—there is a need to tear down these walls.

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