Today’s alumni databases are flexible and built around the needs of their end users. Many educational institutions are taking advantage of this by uploading profile pictures into their database as a fun way to put current alumni faces to their names. Profile pictures can be a valuable addition to your database as they provide a great visual connector between all of your alumni data fields. Many databases like Salesforce [1] make it easy to import and store profile pictures. Y

As students graduate the pursuit for these young alumni begins. Tracking recent graduates is notoriously difficult as they move away from their alma mater. New careers begin, contact information becomes outdated, many move locations, some marry and change names – a number of changes happen in a relatively short period of time that can make keeping these alumni engaged quite difficult. Don’t let these alumni become part of your lost alumni list! Get students engaged before the