District I Programs and Workshops
Online Events
Upcoming Event:
Quantifying Good Governance: A Study of Endowments, Policy, & Leadership
February 8, 2024 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
In 2021 Commonfund and Fund Governance Analytics (FGA), an ESG and analytics research firm, launched a study to quantify the governance practices of higher education institutions - and effectively measure varying metrics to assess board effectiveness. The 2021 Commonfund-FGA Study of Governance in Higher Education (CFSG) analyzed governance practices among 34 participating higher education institutions with endowments ranging in size from $8.5 million to $3.5 billion. The Study probed 27 governance topics that, when analyzed, enhance the understanding of governance and serve as a guide to best practices that can be benchmarked by how Study participants perform. In this session, Commonfund will share how components like leadership turnover, board self-assessment, board training, board diversity, and investment policy review impact your endowment portfolio.
Past Events:
Belonging and Connection: How can we improve the “B” in DEIB?
Hosted by CASE Districts I, II, and VII
“Connecting” and “communicating” are often used synonymously, but they are not the same thing. We all know how to communicate, but fewer of us have been taught how to connect. And yet without connection, we suffer from a lack of trust on our teams, tension within management, toxic work cultures, and we limit our ability to create a culture of belonging. The good news is you can improve your team’s ability to forge connections with each other – and with donors, too. Being a great connector isn’t only an innate personality trait; it’s also a skillset that anyone can learn.
Conversation moderator: Stephanie Balzer, the founder of Mission and special assistant at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
A Conversation with Sergio Gonzalez
Tuesday, Dec. 6 | 3–4 PM ET | Online
Please join us for an online conversation with Sergio Gonzalez, Senior Vice President for Advancement at Brown University and Chair of the CASE Board of Trustees, who will address trends in advancement, updates from CASE, and more.
Q& A was moderated by Jackie Nowell, Associate Vice President of Donor Relations and Engagement at the University of Rhode Island and Chair of the CASE District I Cabinet.
Community College Alumni Engagement
We discussed the importance of creating an alumni engagement plan and how to align your alumni goals to the CASE Alumni Engagement Metrics.
Facilitated by Amy Lee, Director of Annual Giving & Alumni Relations, Middlesex Community College, and Carla Zottoli, Executive Director of Development and MWCC Foundation, Inc., Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation, Inc.
Featuring:
Dr. Aliesha Crowe, Vice President of College Advancement, Northeast Technical College
Denise Dregier, Director of College and Alumni Development, Harford Community College
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Attending CASE District I Regional Programs and the Annual Conference are the only ways I know to stay current in the field and grow your professional network.