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From Prospective Student to Active Alum—Engagement Fosters Lifelong Support

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Engaged student and alum supporter: My daughter gets very excited when she hears talk about the university she attended. That’s because her school did a great job of engaging her while she was still a student. The university kept her engaged as life changed. She was able to engage with prospects and recent alums.

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Gravyty Launches First-of-its-kind Platform for Higher Education Advancement

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The platform changes how university advancement teams engage, solicit, and steward students, alumni, and donors through personalization, seamless integrations, and AI. Gravyty announced its fundraising and engagement software platform for higher education advancement and alumni relations teams.

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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

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In 1837 Richard Humphreys established the African Institute, now Cheyney University, in Pennsylvania making it the oldest historically Black university in the United States. As a proud alum of Howard University and Fisk University, I understand how critical HBCUs are in the professional and personal development of generations.

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The Students Association of MacEwan University Gains Value by Switching to VolunteerHub

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The Students Association of MacEwan University (SAMU) switched from another volunteer management solution to VolunteerHub in order to leverage VolunteerHub’s reward and recognition, user groups, and kiosk features. Per its mission , SAMU exists to enrich the student experience. VolunteerHub is a Great Investment for SAMU.

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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

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Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. colleges and universities jumped by 10.2% , amounting to $13.5 Boone Pickens—who died in 2019—gave $120 million as a legacy gift to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University (OSU). billion in funding.

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Creating a Connected Campus to Award More Scholarships and Improve Student Outcomes

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As undergraduate enrollment continues to decline—one million fewer students enrolled in 2022 than in 2020*—colleges and universities must consider new ways to attract and retain students. A good award management system benefits both students and administrators.

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Colleges & Universities Choose Salesforce to Accelerate Advancement ROI

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As advancement leaders at higher education institutions consider their options in the age of COVID-19, they’re rethinking conventional wisdom by choosing Salesforce to build lifelong alumni and donor relationships. Morehouse University , the only historically Black liberal arts college in the U.S. Purdue Increases Productivity.