Recognising the contributions of alumni affiliate groups and volunteers: Penn State Alumni Association model

Abstract

Alumni associations across the country rely on volunteers every day to help achieve their missions. Alumni affiliate groups represent their university and their parent organisations outside the campuses, but how is it possible to recognise them for all that they do? It is important to understand why we need to acknowledge our affiliate groups and volunteer leaders. Once we understand how the pieces fit together we can establish our own recognition programmes. Benchmarking against successful programmes — such as the Penn State Alumni Association — is one way to help strengthen our own programmes.