Alumni Campaign News

BEST ONE YET: 2018 Phonathon Excels On All Counts

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CEU alumni worldwide: take a bow!

Thanks to more than 1,400 of you, this year’s CEU Alumni Phonathon was a major success, surpassing last year’s record across the board.

This year Phonathon reached more alumni than last, and raised more funds in support of CEU’s future, and in less time, than ever before.

Graduating Class Gift Campaign Closes on High Note

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Graduating students closed the year on a high note, raising hundreds of dollars in support of CEU via the Graduating Class Gift campaign.

During this second annual end-of-year drive, student participation increased 40 percent, from 43 to 60 donors from 31 countries and 12 academic units. More than $360 was raised in the first three weeks of June. 

The initiative was intended to introduce graduating students to the concept of philanthropic giving, and to allow them to make their first symbolic gift in support of CEU, and to foster competition between the academic units.

Serbian Alumni Meeting Nets Success

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Some people set goals. Now CEU’s Alumni and Friends in Serbia are very close to reaching theirs.

On Saturday, June 2 nearly 20 alumni and newly-accepted students met in Belgrade for a special reunion and fundraising session. Held at Belgrade’s Café BRE, the event included a raffle which raised more than $450 in support of the Serbian Alumni Scholarship.

Students Give Back, Compete via Graduating Class Gift

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Soon-to-be CEU grads have come together to say ‘thank you’ and give back to the university before they graduate this month.

For the second year in a row, from now until June 22, all students can join the Graduating Class Gift campaign. The initiative allows students to make their first, symbolic gift to CEU, in support of their academic units. Learn how to support the campaign.

Alumni Leadership Forum Celebrates Community

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Call it the art of community building.

This month, alumni volunteers from around the region and the world converged on CEU. Their mission: to promote and strengthen this university’s ever-growing, 15,000-strong global alumni family.

The annual Alumni Leadership Forum, held on May 3 and 4, was a means of celebrating CEU’s alumni volunteer leaders, and providing them a platform to share experiences and learn from one another. SEE PHOTOS.