Alumni engagement in community / Soima Kamila ... [et al.]

Community engagement is a very important part of every alumni platform. It can be defined as the key process to establishing and maintaining connections within the alumni which involves various levels of educational background. Through community engagement, alumni can strengthen their relationship with their alma mater. Building meaningful relationships with students and alumni is vital for the growth and advancement of higher education programs. Community engagement between alumni and their alma mater could also help attract more students to join. The goal of community engagement is to achieve long-term relationships and enable skills of decision making which can give more benefit both alumni and the organization. In the technological era nowadays, people may find it hard to maintain engaged alumni since some of them might be busy with their careers. Hence, campus leader organizations should establish a strong student-institution relationship which could help the relationship continue beyond graduation.