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Causes: Alumni Associations, Education
Mission: Be an indispensable part of oregon state university by engaging alumni and friends in the life, promotion, and advancement of the university.
Programs: Alumni magazine - the oregon stater magazine is distributed to all alumni, more than 174,886 households. The magazine is also delivered online in a tablet-friendly, "flex-page" format. Campus partners' mini-magazines are inserted in each issue. Counting non-mailed circulation, more than 519,185 oregon staters and more than 315,391 partner inserts were distributed in fy 2017.
membership program - the alumni association serves all 190,000 alumni, and relies on the support of members, now 14,521 strong, to make it happen. Members enjoy discounts on events goods and services while helping the association meet its mission of growing the osu network, supporting students and building pride in the university.
regional networks - the alumni association is committed to engaging alumni wherever they may live and work. Professionally staffed alumni volunteer networks are active in oregon, california, washington and idaho. The networks ensure a consistent presence and impact in key alumni population centers.
osuaa engaged 31,376 participants (17,781 athletic / 13,595 non-athletic) at 228 events through a variety of programming strategies. Athletic events - the alumni association supports osu athletics and engages alumni by hosting programs at home and away athletic events throughout the year. Awards & recognition - the alumni association celebrates and honors outstanding alumni and supporters with several prestigious awards at three major award ceremonies each year. Reunions - the alumni association hosts an annual golden jubilee reunion weekend for alumni celebrating their 50th year class reunion. Nearly 200 attended the weekend events. Early engagement and student ambassadors programs -the student alumni ambassadors are committed to inspiring and bringing together the beaver community, showing pride and loyalty in our school and its traditions by sponsoring campus events, and creating lifelong relationships with our community. As a program of the osu alumni association, the saa encourages today's students to see themselves as tomorrow's alumni, and valuable members of the osu community. Alumni travel program - the alumni association hosted 27 international trips with 221 travelers. These journeys connect alumni to oregon state and each other. Career services and networking - the alumni association offers a suite of career resources to assist alumni including conferences and webinars, a linkedin site focused on beaver careers, and connections with osu office of career services. Other programs - diversity outreach to build connections with our diverse graduates, college relations through which we partner with campus departments to strengthen alumni outreach and social media to create communication channels and opportunities to engage alumni virtually.