SERVE
- Giving back to your alma mater through time and talent
- Opportunities to meet and network with other alumni
- Have a direct impact on current students by sharing your post-college experiences
- Have a direct impact on prospective students by sharing your Oglethorpe experience
- Help maintain the alumni-student connection and network
- Help keep alumni connected through sharing of social media, news stories & event announcements
- Fun thank you gifts, invitations to annual volunteer appreciation luncheon, and annual volunteer recognition dinner
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE?
- Speaker on a career or grad school panel or in the classroom
- Mentorship Program for current students
- Networking or informal career coach for current students or young alumni (offer advice at career networking events or in small group sessions in coordination with Career Development)
- Interviewer of prospective students for OU Admission or for Scholarship Weekend
- Participate in Service Projects around the City of Atlanta by representing Oglethorpe
- Host a small group of current students and alumni in your home for a Career Takeout (casual dinner and conversation with alumni)
- Serve on a host committee for a reunion or event outside of Atlanta
- Social Media Ambassador – encourage alumni to follow us and share our stories and news
- Serve on the Young Alumni Club (YAC) Planning Committee
- Serve on the Alumni Board (must be an active alum)
- Giving Day Ambassador – encourage alumni to participate in giving campaigns.
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ALUMNI PANELS
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT
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REUNION HOSTS
Alumni Panels are a way for students to hear from a small group of graduates about their various Oglethorpe stories: their experiences on campus, their reflections since graduation, and how they use their Oglethorpe education. Alumni panels are a great way for students to connect with career professionals who can inspire and give insider tips for success. We like to include alumni in any way we can because informed and enthusiastic graduates make for amazing panelists.
Some examples include:
- The Fall “What can I do with my Major” Series
- Panels for prospective students and parents
- Organization and course specific panels
- Alumni “Adulting” panel sponsored by our student-alumni organization about the transition to “Life after OU”.
The Office of Career Development is open to both current students and alumni. Our mission is to educate students and alumni about career planning, a life-long process of self-evaluation and decision-making. The Career Center fulfills this mission by providing resources to help individuals manage their own career development. Through personal appointments, seminars, educational programs and networking opportunities we assist individuals in exploring and preparing to pursue their career interests. While the priority of Career Development is to assist current students, counseling sessions with alumni are based on the availability of the Career Development team.
A great place to start your job search is in Handshake! There you’ll find hundreds of internship and part-time job listings in the local Atlanta area. Users can filter results based on their major, or area of interest. Alumni can request access to career counseling by emailing [email protected].
Visit the Volunteer Form if you would like to apply to be a Reunion Host.
Serving as a Class/Affinity Group Reunion Host provides a vital service to the Office of Alumni Relations. You can choose whether to be a Class Reunion Host or Affinity Group Reunion host. Here are the details of both positions:
Affinity Group Hosts
Affinity Group Reunion Hosts recruit other members of the same type of “community” to attend reunions off and on campus. These can be alumni who share an experience with the same student group participation or even can be working in the same career field. They reach out by calling, texting, emailing or visiting with other like-minded alumni to get them involved and engaged in these events. Some examples of successful affinity groups include Oglethorpe Black Alumni Network, Young Alumni Club, Stormy Petrel Athletics, Oglethorpe Greeks, OU Accountants, The Stormy Petrel Bar Association, OU Singers, and more. If you have an idea for a new affinity group, let us know on the Volunteer Form!
Reunion Hosts
The Oglethorpe campus community is excited to welcome you home for Alumni Weekend each year. We always have a wonderful weekend full of fun events taking place, including a Class Reunion celebration. We need your help in getting as many Stormy Petrels as possible to join us on campus to celebrate your reunion. If you are interested in serving on your Class Reunion Host Committee, please contact us at [email protected] or 404-364-8893.
Serving on the Host Committee is easy and fun! All that is required is lending your name to the invitation and other communications we will send out to your classmates and encouraging them to attend. We have found that a core group of enthusiastic alumni can create excitement among classmates and generate anticipation of coming home to Oglethorpe University. We would love your help!
We hope to see you in April!
