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
May - June 2021
Community, Celebration, and Change: How traditions bridge past, present, and future. Plus, understanding how equity is central to institutions’ pursuit of social and racial justice, engaging alumni of color, and investing in alumni during trying times.
March - April 2021
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE
Reckoning with the Past: How university leaders, alumni, and students are discussing their institutions’ uncomfortable histories and fostering a welcoming environment moving forward. Plus, demystifying data in advancement, writing a case for support, and an excerpt from a popular new CASE book—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Advancement.
January - February 2021
Circle of Excellence and Platinum Awards recognize innovative and inspiring work: this issue explores the flexibility and impact of award-winning ideas as well as the planning and strategy around them.
November - December 2020
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE
Taking the sci-fi out of AI: making artificial intelligence work for advancement. Plus virtual volunteering, dementia and alumni relations, and integrating advancement.
September - October 2020
Mental health, resilience, and the road ahead: coping with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plus enrollment marketing, combating the digital divide, and campus career services teams up with alumni relations.
July - August 2020
The future of advancement: how COVID-19 is changing our work for the better. Plus communicating in a crisis, alumni engagement metrics, creating a culture of accountability, and more.
May - June 2020
DIGITAL ONLY ISSUE
Protecting the future and shifting identities: How advancement professionals are grappling with change amid uncertain times. Plus, how to create engaging donor stories and more.
March - April 2020
Eureka! How institutions shine a light on the value of research. Also in this issue: multi-institution collaborations, demographic trends, and reevaluating traditional fundraising practices to engage women.
January - February 2020
What great ideas have in common are creativity and impact: the power to galvanize alumni, propel life-changing research, and tell moving stories. Inside this issue, explore CASE's Circle of Excellence Award winners, who are raising the bar in advancement. Celebrate and learn from their incredible ideas.
November - December 2019
Opening Doors: How independent schools foster equity and access, and support diversity. Also in this issue: data storytelling, GDPR guidelines, and how to cultivate a culture of communication.