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Left: Karen Bassett
Right: Karen with fellow delegates at the Boston conference
Karen honours the past and insures the future
Karen Bassett took up her new post as Alumni & Development Manager in September 2010 following several years working in enterprise and business development and establishing graduate employability programmes.
The first three days in her new role were spent at the annual Council for Support and Advancement of Education (CASE Europe) conference. CASE is an international association serving educational institutions and the advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development and marketing.
Karen applied for a scholarship onto CASE Europe’s Leadership in Development Management Programme and was selected to attend an eight-day conference and study tour to Boston, USA in December. “We visited a wide range of universities and colleges with well established alumni and development offices that have long embraced the culture of philanthropic giving. It was an excellent opportunity to gain an understanding on what had worked in institutions and to be able to identify how I can apply elements of some of the models to Cumbria. The academic element of the visit addressed personal effectiveness, situational leadership, team building, problem solving and goal setting, providing a fast-track toolkit to establish the alumni and development service”.
Karen aims to ensure that the graduate community enjoys a rewarding and enduring involvement with the university through social and educational activities, careers advice and professional networking, advocacy and philanthropic support or just keeping in touch with friends.
“Many of our graduates have gone on to have lives of consequence—they have made a difference to society. Their achievements can help to motivate and encourage current and prospective students. In these challenging times we will actively work with alumni and other individual supporters, charitable trusts and foundations and companies to raise vital funds that are essential for the continued development of the university and the wellbeing of our students.”
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