Currents Magazine
Currents, an award-winning magazine for CASE members, explores contemporary issues, trends, and best practices in advancement. The magazine takes an interdisciplinary approach to educational advancement, featuring articles on topics such as effective gift fundraising, the importance of storytelling, building connections with alumni of international schools, marketing to digitally savvy students, and the necessity of creating a productive workplace culture.
Currents shines a light on institutions and individuals who are doing exceptional work and pushing the field of advancement forward.
Current Issue
November - December 2024
DIGITAL-ONLY ISSUE - Using data, visualizations, and infographics to reach donors and alumni.
Plus communications strategies for corporate relations professionals, the story behind one university's new alumni center, a look inside CASE's new Latin America benchmarking project, and more.
Past Issues
September - October 2024
Celebrate CASE's 50 anniversary! Explore CASE's history, global journey, and signature activities that serve the profession, like research, training, mentoring, and more.
July - August 2024
Creating a Global Network: Dutch alumni teams extend their international reach. Also, meaningful donor and fundraiser relationships, meeting the mission at public regional universities, and connecting the pieces on a community college brand refresh.
May - June 2024
Finding the Right Words: Best practices for responding in high-stakes situations. Also, how to diversify your donor pipeline, why mentoring matters, and harnessing the narrative with the seven basic plots of storytelling.
Currents - March/April 2024
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE - Institutions are visualizing success with innovative dashboards. Plus, help for students experiencing homelessness, belonging as the corner piece of the workplace puzzle, and more.
January–February 2024
Celebrating the 2023 Circle of Excellence winners! How photographers got the shot, recalculating the ROI on engagement, Ball State's day of giving, and stories that highlight women.
November - December 2023
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE - How to achieve the "golden record" with master data management. Plus, how to engage pandemic-era graduates, match making alumni mentors and student mentees, and chatting about ChatGPT.
September - October 2023
Discover the Next stories highlight the value of higher education. Plus, strategies to build reputation, embracing transferable skills when recruiting, taking a fresh look at fundraising data, and more.
July - August 2023
Making remote and hybrid workplace models work. Plus strategies to build your magazine's digital presence, how Black women navigate careers in advancement, and a look at the CASE Advancement Inclusion Index.
May - June 2023
Cooking Up Connections: How food hits the spot when it comes to engaging donors, alumni, and campus communities. Plus how to make the case for unrestricted gifts, use maturity models to spark transformation, untangle gifts with strings, and more.
March - April 2023
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE - Measures of Success: Five teams share stories of data in action. Plus a spotlight on sustainability: fundraising for climate initiatives, digital sustainability, and storytelling about climate change.