Universities around the globe are rallying around the issue of climate change, conducting billions of dollars in research each year to uncover the scale of the problem and develop solutions for a more sustainable planet. Advancement teams are considering the best ways to communicate about sustainability initiatives and steward donors interested in giving toward climate change research.

To be more environmentally sustainable, some institutions are cutting back on print publications. But digital content has a carbon footprint, too. Advancement teams can use “the 5 Rs” to reduce the energy demand of digital content: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, and retire. Here’s how.

Here’s how four university and college communications teams balance the scientific and the personal to tell compelling stories covering climate change and environmental issues.

The California Institute of Technology’s mascot does more than just cheer on teams at sports games. In 2021, a clip art version of Bucky Beaver led staff through training for its Tableau server upgrade.

Imperial College London puts a different spin on alumni mentoring programs with Coffee & Coach.

Nottingham Trent University in England has developed a successful student engagement program through the Content Collective initiative.

For Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2021, #RSM24: Around the World in 24 Hours brought together alumni chapters worldwide on a single day.

This increasingly global nature of the profession enhances CASE’s impact and value to help you succeed—whether you work at a small, private, independent school or college or a large, research-intensive university. Talent, creativity, and expertise exist around the world, and we all have the good fortune to learn from and grow through our colleagues’ knowledge and practice.

CASE members share how they create and manage their alumni podcasts, who they feature, and what they talk about.

Deborah Trumble shares what led her to the role of Senior Director of Research at CASE.

In the past two years, Wheaton College evaluated its social media ambassador program to better align it with institutional diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging goals. Anice Rodrigues Barbosa’s team created systemic practices that continue to generate growth within the program and division, as well as throughout the college.