106 Things You Can Do For Greensboro College
  1. Meet with a prospective student.
  2. Mention Greensboro College to a local academic awards winner.
  3. Connect a prospective student with a student on campus.
  4. Keep current Greensboro College data and materials for easy reference.
  5. Take an admission video to your church, synagogue, high school, community center, clubs and service organizations.
  6. Serve as an Alumni Development volunteer and plan a Greensboro College Club Event today.
  7. Mention Greensboro College to the parents of a high school student.
  8. Encourage a prospective student to visit campus.
  9. Send Greensboro College the name of a possible applicant.
  10. Help a student with Greensboro College admission strategies.
  11. Send news articles about potential students to the Admissions Office.
  12. Host a reception for prospective students in your home.
  13. Attend an area reception for prospective students and their families.
  14. Speak about your job at a high school career day and how your Greensboro College education helped.
  15. Assist of staff a Greensboro College table at a high school college night.
  16. Participate in Admission phonathons to secure prospective students names.
  17. Attend an area information session with an admission representative.
  18. Offer to write a professional letter about your career.
  19. Offer to have a prospective student "shadow" you at work.
  20. Drive students to a Greensboro College Admission event.
  21. Adopt a school in your neighborhood to make sure Greensboro College information is available.
  22. Tell a local scholar/athlete about Greensboro College.
  23. Encourage all teenagers you meet through work, church, community, etc., to consider Greensboro College.
  24. Renew a college friendship.
  25. Show your Greensboro College pride whenever you have a chance.
  26. Wear Greensboro College logo- wear.
  27. Check out the College Book Store logo-wear options online.
  28. Contact your local students at Greensboro College.
  29. Visit a homebound alum.
  30. Attend a local area alumni event.
  31. Invite a newcomer (Greensboro College alum or not) to a local area alumni event.
  32. Start a Greensboro College book club.
  33. Hold a neighborhood alumni get-together.
  34. E-mail local students on campus.
  35. Send Greensboro College your new address.
  36. Find a lost classmate and send the address to the college.
  37. Call or e-mail far-flung classmates.
  38. Keep in tough with faculty.
  39. While traveling, try to get in touch with Greensboro College alumni where you are traveling.
  40. Wear your Greensboro College logo apparel when traveling for business of pleasure.
  41. Start a day of service with all the Greensboro College alumni in your area to benefit a local charity or non-profit agency.
  42. Celebrate Founders' Day with all the Greensboro College alumni in your area.
  43. Nominate alumni for the Alumni Board of directors of the College Board of Trustees.
  44. Nominate deserving fellow alumni for alumni awards (Alumni Award of Excellence, Distinguished Alumni Award, or Outstanding Young Alumni Award).
  45. Be a strong Greensboro College advocate.
  46. Make a gift annually in support of the college.
  47. Encourage another alum to join you in making a gift to the Annual Fund.
  48. Get your Greensboro College gift matched by your company or your spouse's.
  49. Create giving challenges for your class with the help of the Development Office.
  50. Continue developing the spirit of annual giving within your class.
  51. Speak to current students about supporting their Senior Class gift project.
  52. Speak to others about your support of Greensboro College-your gifts keep the tuition affordable for current students.
  53. Become a Development Office of Institutional Advancement volunteer caller.
  54. Consider how you should include Greensboro College in your long-range plans.
  55. Complete a Statement of Intent and become a Partner in the Legacy.
  56. Create an endowed fund or scholarship.
  57. Make a will and include Greensboro College as a beneficiary.
  58. Plan a gift for Greensboro College with a retained income for life.
  59. Use appreciated property to make a gift.
  60. Make Greensboro College a residual beneficiary of you IRA.
  61. Refer a Greensboro College graduate for a job.
  62. Support an alum's political campaign.
  63. Plan a get-together for alumni in your field and invite Greensboro College seniors who may be interested in your line of work.
  64. Plan a get-together for alumni in your business of corporation.
  65. Help find and hire a Greensboro College graduate.
  66. Offer to have a Greensboro College student "shadow" you at work.
  67. Sponsor a Greensboro College intern in your place of business.
  68. Offer to mentor an alum new to your field.
  69. Ask the Career Services office how your company can become involved in the employing or interning of people from Greensboro College.
  70. Check out the Greensboro College website www.gborocollege.edu.
  71. Talk about Greensboro College with your family and friends.
  72. Check out the Alumni Website (Alumni.gborocollege.edu) and be sure to register as a new user.
  73. Mention Greensboro College in your credentials or any news story about you.
  74. Keep Greensboro College up to date with your personal and professional accomplishments.
  75. Mention Greensboro College when addressing the public.
  76. Quote Greensboro College people in your writing or research.
  77. Buy a book by a College faculty or alumni author.
  78. Check out the online calendar of events and attend one.
  79. Put a Greensboro College decal on your car.
  80. Wear a Greensboro College sweatshirt.
  81. Share your Greensboro College magazine with non-alumni.
  82. Keep the latest edition of the Greensboro College magazine on a table at your business or in your office.
  83. Write an article or letter to the editor of the Greensboro College magazine.
  84. Tell new friends about your experiences at Greensboro College.
  85. Wear a Greensboro College polo shirt on casual day.
  86. Hang your Greensboro College diploma in your office or at your workstation.
  87. Keep pictures of your Greensboro College friends in your office.
  88. Buy pictures of the Greensboro College campus, frame them, and hang them in your place of business.
  89. Use your Greensboro College coffee mug every day.
  90. Phone a classmate when you are in town on business or pleasure.
  91. Send your child to school in Greensboro College logo wear.
  92. Attend your class reunion on Alumni Weekend.
  93. Start a yearly tradition with friends-come to Alumni Weekend EVERY year, not just during your reunion year.
  94. Start a round-robin letter with old college friends.
  95. Send your news to your Alumni and Friends Office.
  96. Plan a get-together with local classmates.
  97. Go to a theatre or music performance at Greensboro College.
  98. Serve on your reunion committee.
  99. Volunteer your time and talents as a Class Agent or a member of a reunion committee for your class.
  100. Attend Homecoming.
  101. Reminisce with classmates the good memories from time spent at Greensboro College.
  102. Buy a Greensboro College Alumni Directory.
  103. Network within the Greensboro College family for work or pleasure.
  104. Support Circle of Pride.
  105. Attend the Festival of Lessons and Carols in December.
  106. Give to the College Fund every year.

 

 


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