• Serve as a volunteer for the Alumni Relations Office by promoting UConn to your local community and helping to plan or promote UConn-sponsored programs.
• Implement inclusive, innovative, relevant, and meaningful programs for alumni in five key areas: social, career, athletics, community service, and life-long learning.
• Cultivate active lifelong participation and support for Alumni Relations and the University.

• The Advisory Committee structure is open and inclusive and generally includes a core group of two to 15 volunteers who are willing to accept an ongoing leadership role.
• The key to success is that no one person carries all the responsibilities. Duties are dispersed among the Advisory Committee based on group needs and individual volunteer interests.

Each Alumni Network Advisory Committee will work closely with a staff liaison—a member of the UConn Alumni Relations team. In doing so, committees will complete the following tasks:

• Plan a calendar of diverse virtual and in-person programs that includes our month-long initiative themes (Welcome to the Neighborhood, Elevate, and UConn Cares).
• Coordinate program logistics and share progress with staff liaison. Staff liaison will handle all contractual, financial, and insurance-related obligations.
• Promote program through social media presence and by contacting local alumni.
• After the program, provide a list of attendees, including walk-ins, or ensure mobile check-in roster is up to date.
• Participate in group leader training. (Three times per year – conducted via virtual meeting).
• Volunteers must read and accept the Alumni Volunteer Code of Conduct on an annual basis.

Social

• Happy hours
• Beer or wine tastings/tours
• Paint party with UConn specific picture
• Local boat cruise experience
• Cooking demonstrations
• Welcome party for incoming freshmen or new alumni/recent grads
• Welcome to the Neighborhood (Every August/September)

Career

• Career networking nights
• Networking with notable alumni
• Career seminars/panels with career industry experts and/or business and organizational leaders
• Elevate event in your city (Every February)

Athletic

• Pre-game parties
• Game-watch parties
• Professional sports events

Community Service

• Collaborate with local organizations like Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics
• Serve food at homeless shelter
• Park /beach clean up
• Conduct a toy/clothing/food/book drive
• UConn Cares event in your city (Every April)

Life-Long Learning  

• Event with UConn professor/noted alumni
• Museum or “history” tours
• Speaker series on topics such as social justice, wellness, art, etc.

Service

• As a volunteer and representative of the University and Alumni Relations, you are acting as an ambassador in all you do.
• Alumni Relations identifies being inclusive and inviting as a key component of ambassadorship. All volunteers are expected to embrace this philosophy.

Innovation

• Be creative, resourceful, and responsive.
• Aim to provide content and experiences that are unique, engaging, and valuable.

Integrity

• Volunteers should be conscientious of time commitment to program and fellow volunteers.
• At times, you may be privy to various levels of sensitive information. As a volunteer, you are expected to keep alumni data secure at all times. Breaches in the area of privacy and confidentiality are taken seriously by the University and Alumni Relations.
• You will receive periodic communications from Alumni Relations and other volunteers. Please be respectful of the team’s efforts and provide responses in a timely fashion.
• Alumni Relations expects volunteers to be respectful and considerate when interacting with other volunteers, students, parents, campus staff, Alumni Relations staff and any other involved parties.

Inclusion & Collaboration

• The greatest strength of our network is by working together, along with the University, to achieve a shared mission.
• Volunteers are expected to be inclusive of all diverse identities within the University and alumni community, which encompass multiple generations, identities, and diverse affiliations.