Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Free
Project: 7 Yale College Classes (2005-2011) together sponsor joint regional events in major cities. The events target alumni who are ~10-20 years out, and intended to spur cross-class engagement.
Level of difficulty: Basic (Each event is basic, but coordinating many is intermediate.)
Cost to attend: none (At museum, there was a low cost pay your own lunch at cafeteria.)
Award Winner: 2019
Project: Class leadership invited classmates to host parties in their homes across the country for other classmates in their area. Class leadership then helped coordinate 9 get-togethers, one of which was a museum tour. The Class (1985) branded the events “Preunions” to build attendance for its upcoming on-campus reunion in 2020. Continue reading Holding multiple pre-reunion Class get-togethers (“Preunions”)
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: moderate
Project: Regional Club (the Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest – YAANW) enhances its long running speaker series on environmental sustainability by partnering with the local engineering school (the College of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN). The University of St.Thomas (UST) provided the venue and underwriting, and created synergies for driving attendance. Continue reading Yale Club enhances speaker series by partnering with local university
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Free for students (alumni pay for their own moderately priced dinners)
Project: A Yale Club in Shenzhen, China, annually arranges a day-trip for visiting Yale students along with local Chinese students, to leading Chinese companies. All the students are part of a regular exchange program between Yale and Lingnan (University) College in China, organized in part by Yale-China. Continue reading Yale Club abroad enhances Yale/China Student Exchange program
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: None
Project: A Cleveland Yale Club project to interest and motivate kids in Cleveland’s inner city schools to become engineers. Many of these students know nothing about engineering careers. (The same idea of bringing alumni and their friends in a variety of jobs and careers to kids in schools in person, on the web and using YouTube also can be done.) Continue reading Club Project for City Schools
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Nominal
Project: A regional Yale Club provided a forum for Club members and the general public to learn about the college admissions process from independent professional college counselors in an historic setting. The event was held in the winter of 2009. Continue reading Club holds Symposium on College Admissions
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Low (slightly higher for non-Club members)
Event: A regional Yale Club and the Yale Class of 1988 collaborated to stage an special evening event: A visit to an exhibit of art work by an internationally recognized Yale graduate, with a talk by the artist, at a premier art museum in Washington, DC (June 2009). The event served as both Club event and Class of ‘88 mini-reunion. Continue reading Club Event and Class Mini-Reunion combined at Art Exhibit
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to participate: None (moderate cost to purchase book)
Award Winner: 2010
Project: A book of artwork by members of the Class of 1970, published as part of its 40th Reunion in 2010. Reunion activities included a book signing event involving the artists. Continue reading Class Reunion Art Book
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: moderate (students on team came free)
Project: The Yale Fencing Association (an alumni group) and Yale’s Athletic Department worked together to hold a dinner, reception, and fund raising campaign honoring a long-standing athletic coach. Continue reading Athletic SIG holds Special Dinner/ Fundraiser in Honor of Beloved Coach