Alumni Collaboration Team

The Alumni Collaboration Team (ACT) is a strategic collaborative effort for enhancing relationships with alumni for departmental affairs. Our goal is to team up our students, faculty and administrators with our Alumni for a mutual benefit of advancing our workforce development mission through teaching and research. Check out the list below to see how you can interact with ACT!

Build a relationship with our students

Be a role model and mentor! Help our students become thought leaders and faculty exemplar educators! Here are some opportunities to get involved:

Interact with them

• Participate in our career mentorship program
• Advise or guest lecture for a specific student group
• Help the student chapter of a professional society

Mentor them through industry engagement

• Sponsor or advise a capstone team
• Provide company internships and/or field trips
• Develop students’ entrepreneurship skills

Get involved in their education

• Give expert lectures in selected courses
• Present seminars on broad technical topics
• Participate in on-campus conferences and workshops

Share news about you and your company

• Create role models with your personal professional achievements
• Get students informed about your company’s strategic directions
• Help students understand your workforce needs

Collaborate with our faculty

Match your company’s needs with faculty interest! Looking for specific skills in future employees? Exploring collaborative research opportunities? Here are some opportunities to get involved:

Interact with them

• Learn about their research interest
• Visit their labs for experimental experiences
• Assess their specific expertise that may match yours

Engage with their research and teaching efforts

• Formulate collaborative research and class projects
• Meet their graduate and undergraduate students
• Discuss their visit or sabbatical stay at your company

Explore your own advanced education opportunities

• Get details of the various advanced degree options for industry candidates
• Ask about degree advisorship possibilities
• Develop joint short courses for industry

Initiate strategic efforts

• Explore a continuing education program
• Discuss major consortia developments
• Engage in large-scale national/global research activities

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