Kansas University Alumni Association

Programs: Alumni, student, and university programs - the ku alumni association provides one of the most comprehensive alumni programs in the country, nurturing a consistently growing, active, and powerful ku community that creates impact for the university of kansas. Highlights include:1) networks - 129 domestic and international networks held events focused on university issues, including campus news, student recruitment, membership advancement, legislative advocacy, and community service. Academic programs served the university through a variety of meetings, events, and newsletters tailored to the needs of individual schools and keeping alumni informed regarding their areas of academic interest. Programmatic offerings attracted attendance in excess of 40,000 alumni and friends; 2) adams alumni center - provided banquet and meeting services for university, traditional association events, and members welcoming over 36,000 guests at over 1,100 events in the center; 3) support of intercollegiate athletics - encouraged and promoted gatherings of alumni and interested persons to support the university athletics programs; 4) kansas honors program - honored nearly 3,500 outstanding kansas high school seniors in 36 programs throughout the state. Over 135,000 kansas students have been honored since 1971; and 5)student programs - provided opportunities to interact with ku alumni, access to a network of mentors, and to learn ku traditions.

publications and communications - providing coverage of news and issues that affect the university through publication and delivery of the award-winning, bi-monthly kansas alumni magazine to approximately 43,000 alumni association members; production of regular (nearly 1,600 annually) broadcast emails and announcements reaching over 148,000 members and other ku friends on behalf of the alumni association and various university constituencies. Social media and on-line activities reach and engage more than 50,000 followers and 390,000 website visits.

alumni records - as official record keeper for the university of kansas for personal and mailing records for the former students and graduates of the university, the alumni association continually updates an active biographical records database including nearly 246,000 degree-holders and in excess of 439,000 university alumni and friends.