Alumnae/Alumni Network

Strategic Objective #5

“Engage and leverage the Wells alumnae/alumni network to increase investment in our students, their future and Wells College”

Summary

This objective focuses on utilizing Wells’s unique structure as a smaller institution to engage on a personal level to support students as they work to reach their full potential with mentorship and advising. Formalizing a mentorship framework will engage all levels of students in career development. Student success requires an integrated and proactive career development framework with a liberal-arts lens.
 
This approach focuses on identifying individual personal and academic interests, and transitioning those interests into a successful career. It is important to encourage students to develop an attitude of individual responsibility and take charge of one’s personal and professional goals, while also learning to ask for assistance and provide help to others.
 

Strategic Initiatives 

5.1 Implement a formal WCA mentorship program to improve overall student outcomes, including graduation achievement, career attainment and graduate school preparation
 
5.2 Initiate WCA alumnae/alumni career engagement and experiential learning support programs to improve overall student outcomes, including graduation achievement, career attainment and graduate school preparation 
 

Impacted Outcomes

•  Enrollment (recruiting new students + retention of current students)
•  Value

Team Members

Faculty
Dan Rosenberg
Jaclyn Schnurr
 
Staff
Kevin Ergil
Giavarna Faison ’14
Linda Galbato
Rachel Porter ’06
Jobe Zulu
 
Student
Dana Grover ’21
 
Alums/Trustees
Sloane Bailey ’86
Crary Reynolds Brooks ’87
Deb Callahan ’85
Carol Lynn Courtney ’80
Sue Eskedahl ’79
Kristine Selander Gordon ’80
Bentley Gordon ’19
Sarah Bryce Heppner ’05
Brad Murray ’15
Kara Reynolds ’20