Katie Mitchell Franz

National Silver CASE Award For Bluff Box Campaign

June 10, 2016

CASEsilver A team led by Katie Mitchell Franz, alumni relations, in partnership with Joe Kuffner, Trevor Harvey, Anna Horlacher, Adam Guggenheim, Jody Haagenson, Sammy van den Berg, Emily Biggs, Bon Appetit, and the Office of Residence Life has won a National Silver CASE Award for Innovative Alumni Programs for their 2015 Bluff Box Campaign. Through their efforts, incoming freshman students for the 2015-2016 academic year were provided with care packages and notes of welcome from alumni around the country.

For more information go to this link or alumni@up.edu.

Send a new student a Bluff Box!

August 21, 2015

Calling all UP faculty and staff alumni. It’s time to send a Bluff Box to students in your old dorm room.

Bluff Boxes include half a dozen freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies, UP stickers and pins, and a note from you – an alumnus who was once a new Pilot too. The small care package is $10 and can be ordered online here. Deadline to order is Friday, August 28.

For more information, please contact Katie Mitchell Franz, alumni relations, at mitchellk@up.edu.

Ask For What You Need or Offer What You Have: UP Switchboard

July 31, 2015

The Office of Alumni Relations has officially launched UP Switchboard, a new community building social network for members of the UP community. Switchboard will give students, alumni, faculty, and staff a place to connect online about everything for career advice to travel tips. It is designed to work like a combination of LinkedIn and Craigslist, where community members can ask for what they need and offer what they have.

Joining Switchboard takes less than a minute. Go to www.up.edu/switchboard to sign up, or go to this link for more information.

Questions? Contact Katie Mitchell Franz, alumni relations, at mitchelk@up.edu.