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UMAA Communication Kits have been created to provide campus partners including AROs and communicators with materials to help populate newsletters, websites, and social media. Comm Kits will be shared as they become available, and all will be archived on this page.
We hope you find these materials relevant, timely, and easy to use. Please let Carter Collins know if you have any questions (carterc@umn.edu).
CURRENT KITS
Every year, the Send Off celebrates graduates' accomplishments, creates a signature student experience building on existing U of M traditions and creating new ones, and provides a meaningful and informative transitional experience from student to proud alumni.
The Alumni Career Design Fellowship focuses on the self-discovery process related to career transitions. The format is a 30-day online program that includes short videos, an accountability partner, small group discussions, and a dedicated career design expert. The course begins April 5, 2025.
In the Summer 2024 issue of Minnesota Alumni, you’ll find fascinating stories about U of M alumni, from the 1960s to the 2020s, who have used their skills and affinities to become “storytellers” in fields ranging from publishing to acting to art and more. There’s also a historical overview of the formative years Hubert H. Humphrey spent at the U of M before his graduation in the 1930s.
Strengthen your relationship with the University of Minnesota and take pride knowing that as a member, you'll support resources for alumni and students now and into the future.
Explore amazing locations with Minnesota Alumni Travel on every continent. Select from 45 tour destinations in 2026. This communication kit includes resources for campus partners to help promote the tours to alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
UMAA is looking to identify alumni entrepreneurs. Doing so will help the University and the UMAA provide targeted programs, services and partnerships to help their businesses succeed. Materials have been created to support these efforts. It is our hope that alumni entrepreneurs will join the MN Alumni Market to sell their products and services and to expand their reach to the alumni community.
Powering purposeful career-related connections for the University of Minnesota community brought to you by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association.
Projects from the Maroon & Gold Network: Connecting University of Minnesota students with short-term, real world professional experiences supported by alumni.
The UMAA is collecting names to be considered for Building Renamings on behalf of the alumni community. The UMAA Inclusion, Diversity, and Belonging Committee would like to create an awareness campaign to expand the opportunity to submit names to the entire alumni audience.
PREVIOUS KITS
After a long hiatus, the Midwest Greek Step Show is returning to Northrop on Thursday, October 24th during Homecoming week!
In the spirit of school pride and community service, Day of Service brings together the University of Minnesota global community of alumni and friends for the opportunity to serve. Since 2015, volunteers have served in many different ways curated by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Side by side the U of M community makes lasting impact around the world.
Every year, the Send Off celebrate graduates' accomplishments, creates a signature student experience building on existing U of M traditions and creating new ones, and provides a meaningful and informative transitional experience from student to proud alumni.
In the Spring 2024 issue of Minnesota Alumni magazine, read about several alumni who turned a childhood attachment to and passion for animals into satisfying careers that support the creatures around us.
Explore amazing locations with Minnesota Alumni Travel on every continent. Select from 50 tour destinations. This communication kit includes resources for campus partners to help promote the 2024 tours to alumni, faculty, staff and friends.
The Alumni Association is proud to partner with Mission Collaborative to offer an Alumni Career Design Fellowship which focuses on the self-discovery process as it relates to career transition. The format is a 30-day online program that includes short videos, an accountability partner, small group discussions, and a program manager. The course begins April 6, 2024.
Get out to the ballpark with fellow alumni, friends, and family for our annual Minnesota Twins U of M Day at Target Field as they take on the Oakland A's on Friday, June 14th.
Assets to promote UMAA for Give to the Max Day, November 16, 2023
The Winter 2024 issue of Minnesota Alumni magazine looks at the efforts of the U of M's Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism (iBAM) and others doing the often quiet--but potentially extraordinary--work of understanding the biology of aging that aim to answer the question: “Can we ‘cure’ aging?”
Issue Contents: The Future of Campus, Memory Palaces, A New Formula for Chemistry, The Classroom is Alive, Dinkytown Past, Present, Future, Alumni and campus stories
Issue Contents: In it for the Long Run, The Innovators, Learning as Child's Play, A Love Affair with Olive Oil, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's final column
The 2023 Alumni Awards Affair is held Thursday, September 28th at McNamara Alumni Center. Awards include: Alumni Service Awards, Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals, Outstanding Alumni Network, Outstanding Alumni Society, Program Extraordinaire, Advocate of the Year, U40 Alumni Leader Awards, Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, and On the Rise Award.
The Maroon Shirt® is the official members-only shirt from the Alumni Association. The limited-edition shirt is released each fall with a new design and vaulted before the end of the year.
The Alumni Association is proud to partner with Mission Collaborative to offer an Alumni Career Design Fellowship which focuses on the self-discovery process as it relates to career transition. The format is a 30-day online program that includes short videos, an accountability partner, small group discussions, and a program manager. The course begins October 7, 2023.
Get out to the ballpark with fellow alumni, friends, and family for our annual Minnesota Twins U of M Day at Target Field as they take on the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, July 22nd at 6:15pm.
Issue Contents: The Evolution of the Minnesota Daily, U of M Alumni Touch the World: How Do They Do It?, A Rural Guide, Valuing our Elders, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's column
Every year, the Send Off celebrate graduates' accomplishments, creates a signature student experience building on existing U of M traditions and creating new ones, and provides a meaningful and informative transitional experience from student to proud alumni.
In the spirit of school pride and community service, Day of Service brings together the University of Minnesota global community of alumni and friends for the opportunity to serve. Since 2015, volunteers have served in many different ways curated by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Side by side the U of M community makes lasting impact around the world.
This year’s Annual Celebration takes you behind the curtain to show how U of M alumni are improving the wellbeing of others in areas from healthy living to economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, education, and so much more.
Issue Contents: The Problem with Water, Too Much or Too Little, History: The Mill Explosion, That Water Has to Go Somewhere, On Tap, Clean Water with Kernza, Who Owns Our Water?, Making the Invisible Visible, Hot, Dry and Burning, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's column
Each February, the Alumni Association features career related programs and content all month long. This Comm Kit includes graphics and social media posts highlighting these events, sharing articles and promoting programs available to students and alumni to help them on their career paths.
The 2022 Alumni Awards Affair is held Thursday, September 29th at McNamara Alumni Center. Awards include: Alumni Service Award (3), Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals, Outstanding Alumni Network, Outstanding Alumni Society, Advocate of the Year, Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, and On the Rise Award.
Ski-U-Mania Pregame Parties at McNamara Alumni Center are free and open to the public a few hours before every home Gopher football game. This comm kit includes social media and web graphics and copy to help spread the word.
Issue Contents: How'd You Get That Cool Job?!, Journalism School hits 100, The Man Behind Goldy, A Steady Hand on the Wheel, The Island of Her Dreams, Helping Others Help Themselves, That Looks Good Enough to Eat!, Lions and Tigers and Bear Fare, Oh My!, Man at Arms, Horses and Healing, A Wilder Life, Career Assistance, My Third Act, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's column
Issue Contents: Avian Flu- Again, The Varsity Sport of the Mind, A Creative Force, The Clothes on our Backs, The Poetry of Life, Art in Hand, He Was Hip, A Recipe for Hope, Rodeo U, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's column
Alumni Reflections is an oral history project for the University of Minnesota, produced by UMAA in partnership with PCI. Outreach includes alumni from the Twin Cities and Rochester campuses between April 19 and October 14, 2022.
On May 4, 2022 graduates are invited to the Send Off, THE official welcome to the UMN alumni community, hosted by the Alumni Association where they can enjoy free food, win prizes, pick up a graduation gift, relax with PAWS, take their picture with Goldy and Paul Bunyan's Axe, and explore ways to stay connected as alumni.
Issue Contents: Title IX at 50, Alumnus Earns 'Mask Nerd' Fame, A New Breed of Vet, UMN Women's Sports Through the Years, Title IX and Sexual Harassment, Up to Bat, 'I Wanted to be an Astronaut', How Do We Get to Equity?, Title IX and The Tucker Center, 'I Cannot Imagine My Life Without Sports', She's Got Game, Smashing Stigmas, Engineering the Fantastic, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's column
On Friday, April 29, 2022 the University of Minnesota Alumni Association is bringing you up-close-and-personal with the stories of how the University of Minnesota impacts musical talents across the state. This Comm Kit includes graphics and copy to help promote this signature annual event.
Issue Contents: From the Ground Up, A Legacy of Champions, A Breath of Fresh Air, A Place to Serve, A Matter of Life and Death, Designs for Life, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's column
The 2021 Alumni Awards Affair is held Thursday, September 23rd at McNamara Alumni Center. Awards include: Alumni Service Award (5), Distinguished Leadership Award for Internationals (2), Outstanding Alumni Network, Outstanding Alumni Society, Program Extraordinaire, U40 Alumni Leader, and Advocate of the Year.
Issue Contents: Not Business as Usual, Longing for Football, The Great American Think-Off, Minnesota Dreamin', Al Milgrom's Last Adventure, Pillsbury Hall Renovation, Alumni and campus stories, Alumni-authored books, President Gabel's column
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