Jynks Burton, Director of Grants Management at Corning Community College, discusses how she's taking advantage of CASE resources, including the Federal Funding Task Force.

Antonia was nominated for the Iain More Award for Emerging Fundraising Professionals by her manager, who commended Antonia’s professionalism as the embodiment of the university values and community and her ‘over-achievements’ in exceeding expectations.

CASE Director of Volunteer Stewardship, Sean Schindl interviews accomplished CASE volunteers Ann-Marie Thornton, Emilie Henry, and Simon Fairbanks, who share their experiences and lessons learnt, as well as why they choose to be passionate CASE advocates. 

Nsika Dube, Stewardship Coordinator at UWC Atlantic was recently awarded a scholarship to attend the Spring Institute in Educational Fundraising (SIEF). Following her attendance at SIEF in April, we interviewed Nsika to hear more about her career experience, her role as Stewardship Coordinator and key learnings from the Institute.

Member Profile: Prakriti Roy and Saskia Janicki

Saskia Janicki, Alumni Stewardship Officer and Prakriti Roy Alumni Engagement Officer, are both recent additions to the Alumni Engagement team at Leeds Beckett University.

In this profile, they discuss their career experiences to date and what it’s been like as newcomers entering the world of alumni engagement. 

In November 2023, six team members from the Development Office at Karolinska Institute (KI) in Sweden embarked on a trip to the U.K. to seek inspiration from a broad range of nonprofit organisations and educational institutions.

Georgia Willmot (she/her) got her first taste of fundraising in 2021 during her studies for her Masters in Mathematics at the University of Surrey, when as a volunteer she supported local charities and student society campaigns. When applying for her first role out of university, Georgia considered how she could pursue that passion through a potential career path and came across the CASE Europe Graduate Trainee Programme. Georgia joined the 2022/23 cohort of the programme, gaining a placement at Cardiff University.

John Wolfkill is Executive Director of the Community College of Aurora Foundation, and he chairs the planning committee for CASE's upcoming Conference for Community College Advancement. He finds his passion in community building and describes his professional calling as “unleashing generosity.”

Terrance D. Smith is Senior Director of Student and Young Alumni Engagement at the University of Georgia, U.S. This month he serves as a faculty member, for the second time, at CASE’s Summer Institute in Alumni Relations. Smith, who says the “development of young adults” is one of his passions, is a current doctoral candidate at UGA. He's researching college students’ motivations for giving to their alma maters.

What can you expect at CEAC 2023? Hear from Planning Committee Chair Valerie Boulet, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.