(04-20-2022 05:09 PM)Dog Fan Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 05:03 PM)HawaiiToNIU Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 03:25 PM)randyfensfanclub1 Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 03:15 PM)klake87 Wrote:  

(04-20-2022 02:09 PM)HuskieJ Wrote:  Most of the angst that has been put forth really falls at the feet of the University President. So far does not impress me at all in her tenure as someone that can put together a large campaign and move it forward. Entire NIU strategy the past few years seems disjointed and not well laid out. Hope she turns it around soon, but probably already too late.

But if alumni don't answer the email or call, what do you do then? It takes two to tango.

Get the guy on the robocall that calls once a month from the Policeman Association that tries to guilt you into donating.

Lol. I used to work for the Alumni Association. If you received a call from a student at NIU, asking for money from your college. It was probably me. Circa 2007-2011.

It looks little like the Alumni Association may be staffed by a few students. They are extremely slow to answer e-mails from members. I am still waiting for a response to my e-mail I sent them a week ago. They are also very slow in sending out membership materials. They need you back there, Hawaii!

People why wonder why alumni outreach is so terrible and the school cannot effectively raise money. We already know how poor Athletics is at responding and maintaining relations. Sounds like the Alumni Association is following suit. I understand the school is trying to keep costs down but these are some of the worst places to cut staff. If Athletics or NIU maintained competent alumni relations and fundraising arms those jobs would easily pay for themselves 10x over. Almost every school in the country has seemed to figure that out except NIU.