Team Edition: Introducing the 2025 LiveAlumni Spotlight Award Recipients

What a dynamic year it has been for LiveAlumni and our Higher Ed partners! This year was filled with inspiring stories, shared challenges, and collaborative solutions. Our team is incredibly grateful for each and every institution we work with, and we deeply value the knowledge, creativity, and dedication you’ve shared with us throughout 2025.

From data-driven outcomes to meaningful engagement wins, from innovative ideas to remarkable fundraising achievements, your successes have energized and inspired us. Each institution has used LiveAlumni data in unique ways, making

a real impact on alumni and students around the world.

This year’s recipients were thoughtfully nominated by their LiveAlumni account managers and our Customer Success team, those who get to see your accomplishments up close every day.

Today, we’re excited to celebrate you and highlight this year’s standout accomplishments in the 2025 LiveAlumni Spotlight Awards. We celebrate your success with you!

To discover this year's awards recipients, dive in below!

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The 2025 LiveAlumni Spotlight Awards

We are honored to open this year’s awards with a category that holds deep meaning for our team. Reaching more than 10 years of partnership with these institutions is not only an honor, it’s a privilege. Your trust in LiveAlumni as both a data partner and a collaborative ally in advancing your goals and initiatives means the world to us.

And the recipients are...

🏆 The LiveAlumni Lifetime Partner Award

Recognizing a decade of trust, collaboration, and impact.

• The Ohio State University

• University of San Francisco

• University of Victoria

• University of Ontario Institute of Technology

• Rochester Institute of Technology

The institutions we work with come in all shapes and sizes, each with its own goals and a unique mix of departments accessing LiveAlumni. Some schools operate with small but mighty teams of 2–3 users, while others have expanded to 15, 20, or even 100+ active users across campus.

Today, we celebrate the institutions that have successfully expanded LiveAlumni access to broader campus teams, empowering multiple departments with data, strengthening collaboration, and supporting smarter, data-driven decision-making.

And the recipients are...

🏆 Institutional Engagement Excellence Award

For exceptional engagement and consistently active use of the LiveAlumni platform

• University of New South Wales

• University of Montreal

• University of British Columbia

• Mapua University

• The American College of Greece

• University of California, Berkeley

• American University of Beirut

• University of Queensland

• University of Melbourne

• Winthrop University

• Western Governors University

• California State University Channel Islands

• Azusa Pacific University

• Chapman University

• St. Olaf College

• Georgia Institute of Technology

And the recipients are...

🏆 The Collobration Excellence Award

For cross-departmental collaboration that maximizes the value of LiveAlumni

• University of Auckland

• l’Université de Montréal

• University of Maryland, College Park

Each year, after receiving their new data delivery, our institutions meet with the LiveAlumni team to discuss upcoming goals and initiatives. While not every institution chooses to import LiveAlumni data back into their CRM, for those that do, we understand the time, coordination, and expertise required from data and technology teams.

Successfully integrating LiveAlumni data maximizes its value, unlocking deeper insights, greater visibility, more strategic decision-making, and stronger outcomes. While we’re spotlighting just a few institutions below for their outstanding data imports, we want to congratulate all of the teams who achieved this milestone this year.

Bonus: Many of the schools recognized below have also gone above and beyond by connecting with others in the LiveAlumni community to share tips, best practices, and guidance. Their willingness to collaborate has made a meaningful impact across our entire network.

And the recipients are...

🏆 Excellence in Data Integration Award

For exceptional skill in delivering a smooth and innovative CRM data import

Blackbaud CRM Edition:

• Boston University

• The Ohio State University

• Rice University

• University of South Carolina

• University of Alabama

• University of Arizona

Raiser's Edge NXT Edition:

• Montclair Kimberley Academy

• Ohio Wesleyan University

• University of South Dakota

• Boise State University

• University of Victoria

• University of Northern Colorado

• University of Auckland

Technolutions-Slate Edition:

• Lake Forest College

• Carthage College

• Harding University

Kindsight-Affinaquest Edition:

• Toronto Metropolitan University

• University of San Francisco

Kindsight-Ascend Edition:

• Michigan State University

• Iowa State University

For community colleges, alumni engagement often comes with unique challenges. Many graduates continue on to four-year institutions and begin identifying with their new school, making it harder for community colleges to maintain a connection. Because of this, community colleges must take the lead in understanding how to re-engage these alumni, reconnect with those who may be lost, and celebrate the remarkable journeys that began on their campuses.

The institutions below have demonstrated exceptional success in meeting these challenges, strengthening alumni relationships, leveraging data strategically, and showcasing the powerful impact of their communities.

And the recipients are...

🏆 Community College Excellence Award

For outstanding achievement in alumni engagement & data utilization

• Vancouver Community College

• Nova Scotia Community College

• Heartland Community College

• Broome Community College

Alumni engagement can take many forms, but every so often, a team steps forward with an idea that is bold, fresh, and truly transformative. These are the institutions that look beyond traditional approaches, using creativity, data, and community insight to reimagine how they connect with their alumni. Whether through powerful storytelling, dynamic event strategies, or innovative use of technology, they create moments that resonate long after the outreach ends.

This award celebrates the teams that thought differently and launched alumni engagement initiatives that made a measurable impact on their communities. This year’s award goes to two institutions whose creativity stood out in meaningful ways.

The University of Northern Colorado Foundation transformed LiveAlumni data into compelling Microsoft Power BI visuals that brought their alumni stories to life in a fresh, dynamic format. Meanwhile, the United States Coast Guard Academy created a powerful engagement moment by uniting alumni at the widely celebrated Coast Guard vs. Merchant Marine Academy football game at Fenway Park, a standout initiative that strengthened community pride.

And the recipients are...

🏆 Innovative Alumni Engagement Award

For launching an especially creative & high-impact alumni engagement initiative

• University of Northern Colorado Foundation

• United States Coast Guard Academy

Sometimes the most meaningful successes are the ones no one expects. This award celebrates institutions that uncovered surprising, inspiring results by using LiveAlumni data in resourceful and creative ways, whether rediscovering standout alumni, identifying hidden opportunities, or launching initiatives that made a bigger impact than anyone anticipated.

This year’s honorees each achieved something remarkable. At the University of California, San Francisco, Leeann Mutchler and her team used a customized LiveAlumni report to identify top-performing alumni across major healthcare and medical associations, leading to powerful nominations for their Lifetime Achievement Awards. Lorain County Community College demonstrated innovative problem-solving by using LiveAlumni data to identify part-time instructors for highly technical fields, and even when candidates weren’t a perfect match, their networks helped expand outreach. They also relied on LiveAlumni insights to source distinguished alumni honorees for their annual recognition event. Meanwhile, Florida Southern College achieved an impressive re-engagement milestone by using accurate location and employment data to reconnect with alumni who had relocated, ensuring their events reached the right audience and improving CRM accuracy along the way.

And the recipients are...

🏆 The "Unexpected Win" Award

For achieving inspiring results through creative use of LiveAlumni data

• University of California, San Francisco

• Lorain County Community College

• Florida Southern College

Across higher education, data has become an essential driver of strategy, decision-making, and institutional growth. The institutions recognized below demonstrated how LiveAlumni insights can be used to support everything from advancement and outreach to academic planning, departmental reporting, and long-term institutional priorities. Their work shows the power of using data not just to inform but to elevate what’s possible on campus.

And the recipients are...

🏆 The Data-Driven Impact Award

For outstanding results achieved through effective and data-driven use of LiveAlumni

• Winthrop University

• Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

• Yale University

• University of California, Santa Cruz

• San Francisco State University

Newer institutions often face a learning curve when adopting a new platform, but some teams dive in with remarkable momentum. The institutions recognized below embraced LiveAlumni from the start, quickly building workflows, applying best practices, and turning data into meaningful results in a short period of time. Their early success reflects dedication, curiosity, and a strong commitment to using data to advance institutional goals.

And the recipients are...

🏆 The Rising Star Award

For outstanding early adoption of LiveAlumni & achieving quick, high-impact results

• Rockhurst University

• Northeastern Illinois University

• Nightingale College

• Edinburgh Napier University

• De Montfort University

Congratulations to all of our recipients in this year’s Spotlight Awards – Team Edition! 

With over 1,300 institutions in the LiveAlumni community, it took our team thoughtful consideration and time to curate the nominations. Next year, we look forward to expanding our categories and celebrating even more outstanding partners.

As we wrap up this year’s Spotlight Awards, one thing is clear: the energy, creativity, and momentum across our community have never been stronger. The work you’re doing is shaping the future of alumni engagement in bold and meaningful ways, and we can’t wait to see the innovations, ideas, and success stories you’ll bring to life in the year ahead.