04-10-2014, 01:12 PM
Abstracts: Alumni are one of the most important assets to any university. They are the people who represent the university in the real world. Many alumni networks were initially started from regional groups of alumni brought together for university fundraising activities. Later, these networks slowly gained added importance in the development of the universities because of their enormous outreach potential that benefits the university and helps current students in their career paths. The alumni groups have been in existence for decades and they are constantly changing with time. There have been very big changes in the recent years with the development of the internet and social networking that forces the alumni system to undergo huge changes. Therefore, it is really important for universities to focus on the alumni networks and find ways to enhance their growth and development.