2. CASE V
Collaboration, Not Competition:
Maximizing Resources
for Better Partnerships
December 2014

3. AUDIENCE POLL
By an Audience Show of Hands:
Public vs. Private Institution
With whom are you collaborating? Who are
you not, but wish you were?

4. PRESENTATION AGENDA
 Alumni Association
and campus partners
Colleges with one
another
Colleges and
departments

5. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS

6. 445,000 ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
62% in MN
36% across U.S.
2% abroad
*Percentages based on available alumni addresses.

7. UNIVERSITY-WIDE
COLLABORATION

8. UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
 Geographic Meetings with Admissions & Development
 Alumni Relations Officers Meetings
 Mentor Program
 Corporate Clubs
 Entrepreneur Network
 Career Services
 Alumni Engagement Metric
 Student Unions and Activities
 Government Relations
 Provost Office
 Athletics
 E-communications

9. ALUMNI
COMMUNICATION
1. Minnesota (quarterly
magazine)
2. Alumni Angle
(monthly e-
newsletter)
3. At The U (monthly
email listing of
events on campus)

10. Homecoming
• Athletics & College Partnership
Alumni tickets
• College Partnerships
Homecoming Guide
Marketing Tools
Ski-U-Mania

11. This year, Ski-U-Mania was also used as a
volunteer appreciation event for the Law School.

12. Emerging Professionals Network

13. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK &
QUESTIONS

14. INTERCOLLEGIATE
COLLABORATIONS

15. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
DAY OF SERVICE
Chicago, Denver, NYC, Washington, D.C.

16. GEOGRAPHIC EVENTS
San Francisco/Bay-area alumni happy hour
and panel discussion
Denver and Boston happy hours
CASE V event

17. AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
What challenges do you have?
What can you share with the
group?
What works for your institution?

18. INTRA-COLLEGIATE
COLLABORATION

19. BUSINESS SCHOOL
PARTNERSHIPS
• Staff & Faculty as Stars
• Using the College’s Strategic Initiatives
• Career Center Partnerships
• Plugging in to the Student Cycle

20. COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
• Understanding how our alumni want to
engage and making those engagement
opportunities possible.
 Class of 1985 Chemical Engineering Reunion
 Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering Homecoming
Breakfast
 50th and Golden Medallion Reunions feature department
updates and department-specific break out sessions

21. PARTNERING WITH OTHERS
(Outside & Inside the University)

22. AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
Questions about opportunities and
challenges?
What are some of your takeaways?
Share ideas with the group

23. Top Takeaways
 Create a work group that makes sense for you
 Maximize existing resources
 Make faculty, alumni and staff your stars
 Develop interdisciplinary programming around the
strategic plan of your institution
 Make sure you’re working to engage alumni in the
ways that are meaningful to them—not you
 Power of a cup of coffee

24. CONTACT US:
Courtney Barrette
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
barr0396@umn.edu
612-625-2099
Mandy Iverson
Carlson School of Business
mjiverso@umn.edu
612- 624-5149
Joelle Larson
Law School
jblarson@umn.edu
612-626-5363
Erin Strong Elliott
Alumni Association
estrong@umn.edu
612-625-9187
Ann Terry
College of Science and Engineering
asterry@umn.edu
612-626-1802