Volunteer Toolkit | UConn Foundation

Your Role as a Volunteer

Alumni Network Advisory Committee volunteers are the heart of UConn Alumni Relations, driving efforts to unite alumni through regional groups and activities. Your role will be to collaborate with your local network to build lasting relationships through dynamic events and programs, both online and face-to-face.

Volunteers:

Volunteers can serve as Event Leads
- Suggest venues and initiate contact before passing to liaison
- Run game watches, community service, social networking without liaison present
Personal outreach for a specific event
- Sign Confidentiality Form
Speaking at events/Share Because of UConn stories
Follow up with first time attendees
Assist with day of logistics of events
- Help with set up and breakdown
- Checking people in
- Take photos if no photographer is present
- Work the room to get feedback and light recruit

Liaison:

Handles Contract and negotiations with venues
Payments to venues
Organizing Network Planning Meetings
Build registration pages and surveys
Share News from UConn
Oversee onboarding and stewarding of volunteers
Align university priorities with regional programs
Secure alumni & faculty speakers
Provide event support items
Attend events when they align with the campaign

Alumni Network Volunteer Expectations:

Attend all network calls in Fiscal Year (FY)
Attend at least one all-volunteer call in FY
Be active in email discussions with others throughout FY
At minimum, attend all events that pertain to your planning and development of programs
Attend other events when possible
Donation to the UConn Foundation each FY – Make your gift today!
Sign volunteer Code of Conduct each FY
Sign confidentiality waiver each FY before making personal outreach

The Network structure is open and inclusive and generally includes a core group of two to 15 volunteers who are willing to assist with the engagement of other UConn alumni.
The key to success is that no one person carries all the responsibilities. Responsibilities (outlined above) are dispersed among the network based on the UConn Foundation goals and needs, as well as individual volunteer interests.

Our Alumni Relations programs align with our Because of UConn campaign pillars.

Students First

Students and Alumni networking events
Scholarship celebrations
UConnGrats card writing
UConn Traditions (Senior Send-Off, Oozeball)

Academic and Innovation Excellence

Because of UConn Conversation Series with UConn professors/noted alumni
Career seminars/panels with career industry experts and/or business and organizational leaders
#ThisIsAmerica social justice series

Health and Wellness of People and Planet

UConn Cares (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
- Husky Harvest campus food pantries

Husky Pride