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
Currents - May/June 2025
UNITED IN MISSION: How institutions’ top leaders are joining forces with advancement.
Plus a checklist for building trust, moving from intention to action with gap analysis, answering the call for connection with alumni, and more.
Past Issues
November – December 2021
DIGITAL ISSUE ONLY - Spotlight on Intersectionality: Recognizing the interplay between the individual and the system—be it the labor market, health care, or education—intersectionality acknowledges that individuals are complex beings with multiple identities and backgrounds that create unique experiences and challenges when overlapping with these systems.
September - October 2021
Town-Gown Relations: How and why institutions should collaborate with their communities. Plus, understanding alumni personas, navigating nontraditional paths to advancement, and creating a new normal as institutions return to campus.
July - August 2021
Dimensions of Change: How transitions take shape in advancement, from change management to transformational gifts to interim leadership and more.
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.
