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Alumni relations department looks to reconnect with Lakeland alumni
Lori Sass
Issue date: 10/4/07 Section: News
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Launched this summer, my.Lakeland is an interactive, networking Web site with capabilities similar to that of Facebook.
Currently, my.Lakeland is only available to alumni and the admissions department. In the future, my.Lakeland will be available to students and employees of Lakeland College as well.
Alumni relations is using my.Lakeland to inform alumni about Homecoming events. There are special group pages for Lakeland classes celebrating reunions this year. These classes include 1957, 1967, 1982, 1997, and classes 1970-1979. Members of these classes were given logins and passwords this summer.
Featured on these group pages are pictures from The Spectrum and the events going on this weekend.
Alumni from other graduating classes will receive usernames and passwords with the fall edition of Lakeland, the magazine of Lakeland College, coming out within a couple of weeks. Alumni returning for Homecoming this weekend may get a username and password from the alumni relations staff located in the Younger Family Campus Center.
The admissions department is using my.Lakeland as a way for potential students to apply to Lakeland. There is an online form for applicants to fill out.
"Right now it is in its early stages," said Bridget Thomas, assistant director of alumni relations. "Things will be added."
Some of these "things" will include message boards, chat rooms and more group pages. Webmaster Neal Grosskopf is working on the additions. The appearance of my.Lakeland will be quite similar to www.lakeland.
My.Lakeland will prove to be helpful once it is up and running. All Lakeland graduates, students, and employees will have a profile with their name and graduation year or title. From there, it will be up to the individual person to log in and update his or her profile.
Transcripts of students starting in the 1980's will be available on the Web site. There will also be event information. Alumni will be able to look up their giving history and payment schedule to the Annual Fund.
Often times the alumni relations department receives phone calls from an alum asking for information about another alum. "The college can't give out that information for privacy reasons," Thomas said. "But, if people update their profile it's there for everyone."
My.Lakeland will allow for reconnecting with friends from Lakeland College in years to come.
With the addition of my.Lakeland, Lakeland joins the likes of Cardinal Stritch, Mount Mary, Carroll College, and Ripon College, all of which already have the Web site.
Currently, my.Lakeland is only available to alumni and the admissions department. In the future, my.Lakeland will be available to students and employees of Lakeland College as well.
Alumni relations is using my.Lakeland to inform alumni about Homecoming events. There are special group pages for Lakeland classes celebrating reunions this year. These classes include 1957, 1967, 1982, 1997, and classes 1970-1979. Members of these classes were given logins and passwords this summer.
Featured on these group pages are pictures from The Spectrum and the events going on this weekend.
Alumni from other graduating classes will receive usernames and passwords with the fall edition of Lakeland, the magazine of Lakeland College, coming out within a couple of weeks. Alumni returning for Homecoming this weekend may get a username and password from the alumni relations staff located in the Younger Family Campus Center.
The admissions department is using my.Lakeland as a way for potential students to apply to Lakeland. There is an online form for applicants to fill out.
"Right now it is in its early stages," said Bridget Thomas, assistant director of alumni relations. "Things will be added."
Some of these "things" will include message boards, chat rooms and more group pages. Webmaster Neal Grosskopf is working on the additions. The appearance of my.Lakeland will be quite similar to www.lakeland.
My.Lakeland will prove to be helpful once it is up and running. All Lakeland graduates, students, and employees will have a profile with their name and graduation year or title. From there, it will be up to the individual person to log in and update his or her profile.
Transcripts of students starting in the 1980's will be available on the Web site. There will also be event information. Alumni will be able to look up their giving history and payment schedule to the Annual Fund.
Often times the alumni relations department receives phone calls from an alum asking for information about another alum. "The college can't give out that information for privacy reasons," Thomas said. "But, if people update their profile it's there for everyone."
My.Lakeland will allow for reconnecting with friends from Lakeland College in years to come.
With the addition of my.Lakeland, Lakeland joins the likes of Cardinal Stritch, Mount Mary, Carroll College, and Ripon College, all of which already have the Web site.
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