Switchboard Updates

Why Occidental College Uses Switchboard to Connect Students and Alumni

We're excited to announce our partnership with Occidental College! We've been working with Oxy for several months now but haven't had the chance to share.

Occidental's tight-knit, purpose-driven community is the perfect fit for Switchboard. The Occidental Switchboard's 700 users are proof enough of that already. We couldn't be more proud to be serving such an inspiring group of people.

Courtney Stricklin is Occidental's Assistant Director for Employer Relations at the Hameetman Career Center, and Culley Johnson is Occidental's Assistant Director for Engagement Communications. We asked them to tell us a little bit about why she's excited to see the Occidental Switchboard continue to grow.

Switchboard's Summer Conference Schedule

We'll be attending three conferences this summer:

NACE Conference & Expo | Chicago | June 7–10

ACSN Conference | Fort Worth | July 10–13

CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement | NYC | July 17–19

If you'll be at one of these conferences and want to set up a time to talk about Switchboard or for a demo, drop me a line at kieran@switchboardhq.com.

We're excited to see you all there!

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Switchboard Joins the National Association of Colleges and Employers

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We're excited to announce that Switchboard is a newly minted member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

As career services expert Chaim Shapiro can testify, NACE is at the forefront of career services innovation in higher ed. Since 1956, NACE has set a high bar for career services professionals that has driven the profession forward and helped the field adapt even as it has rapidly transformed.

Our NACE membership will help us better serve our customers, just as it helps our customers better serve their constituents.

We'll be attending the 2016 NACE Conference & Expo in Chicago from June 7–10. If you'll be there too and want to say hi, drop me a line! We'd love to chat.

 

Learn more about Switchboard's alumni platform.

Switchboard Helps Antioch College Students and Alumni Connect Across Generations

Antioch College is a small liberal arts school in Yellow Springs, Ohio. They're a member of the Colleges that Change Lives, and the lives of their students aren't the only ones that they change. Just look at their motto: "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity." That determination to serve sets the Antioch community apart.

You can imagine why we're so thrilled to work with them.

For the past six months, the Antioch Switchboard has been helping students and alumni connect with one another and their alma mater. Antiochians have used Switchboard to connect about everything from Co-op opportunities to having breakfast together.

We talked to Matt Desjardins, former Director of Communications; Jonina Kelley, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations; and Tanya Couch, Career Communications Coordinator - Cooperative Education about how the Antioch community is using Switchboard. They love the Antioch Switchboard because it creates connections and opportunities that weren't possible before, and because it strengthens the relationship of students and alumni with Antioch itself.

Switchboard Becomes Partner of Alumni Career Services Network

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We're thrilled to announce that Switchboard is now an official corporate partner of the Alumni Career Services Network.

Since its formal founding in 2008, ACSN has connected and empowered alumni career services professionals across the country. As the changing higher ed landscape has placed increasing pressure on colleges and universities to generate positive career outcomes for their students and alumni, ACSN has been there to help make those outcomes possible.

We at Switchboard believe that integrating career services and alumni relations is not only an excellent way for higher ed institutions to build community, but also the best way to secure economic mobility for college graduates. ACSN has been at the forefront of this work for nearly a decade, and we're excited to be a part of that effort.

Members of Team Switchboard will be attending the annual ACSN conference this July in Forth Worth, Texas. If you're going to be there, shoot me an email to say hi! We'd love to catch up with you there.

 

Learn more about Switchboard's alumni networking platform.

"It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are." —Wendell Berry