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Münster School of Businessand Economics

Alumni Associationof the Münster School of Business and Economics of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

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Agenda

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WWU Münster

• Germany’s fourth-largest university• 250 courses of study, 15 departments, 7 faculties • 37,000 students • 5,000 staff, with

- 565 professors - 2,700 research assistants - 1,700 further staff

• 214 university buildings, integrated into the city of Münster • Budget in 2010: €545.5 million,

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• 5,500 students of Business Administration, Economics and Information Systems

• 38 male and female professors• Top positions in every well-known university rankings

(e.g. CHE, Junge Karriere, Fokus, Wirtschaftswoche etc.)• Our graduates enjoy an excellent reputation in national

and international business circles• Wide spectrum of offerings in all relevant areas of

business and economics• Research at a top international level

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Muenster School of Business and Economics

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As an independent, non-profit association connected to the Münster School of Business and Economics AlumniUM supports:• Building a close network for economists from Münster • Strengthening the connection between alumni and

the School• Enhancing the link between practical experiences and

the School• Assistance of the students by alumni• Promoting the School by the alumni• Establishing partnerships between students, alumni,

the School and companies

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The mission

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Anja Schweringsupported by student assistants

supported by the secretariat

4 elected AlumniUM members+ Prof. Berens (representative of the faculty)

management

Dean‘s Office

assists

assigns

general meeting

board

The organisation

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Strengths• Professional team• Good financial backing• Many members• Wide range of services

and activities

Weaknesses• Little manpower• Overaged website• Partially outdated

database• Little networking

services

OpportunitiesSocial network: easy way to get in touch with alumni

Threats• New bachelor‘s and

master‘s programmes Less identification with university

• Oversupply of career services for students

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An analysis

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for members

Online communityNewsletterRegional groups/clubsAdvanced educationHomecoming events

serv

ices

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ac

tivi

ties

for students

YearbookMentoring programRecruiting fair(BusinessContacts) AlumniUM-Awards

for the school

AlumniUM-AwardsAncestral galleryFootball tournament (WiWi-Cup)ProCampus initiative

Services and activities

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Services and activities for members

Online community

Newsletter

Regional groups

Advanced education

Homecoming events

MM subscription

Little usage, important database

Most important medium; however, not very beautiful

So far no acitivity in regional groups

Discounts on MBA Programms; not very important for our membersEstablished events (often the only direct contact with the network in a year); declining numbers of participants

Important tool service for our members

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Services and activities for students/the school

Yearbook

Mentoring programm

Awards

Career fair

ProCampus

Mediates between students approaching exams and potential employers; relatively successful

New implementation of the program with very good feedback

Important tools to create awareness for the association.

AlumniUM is co-organizer; again an important tool to create awareness.

AlumniUM calls for project proposals in the school and supports good projects with up to 15,000 EUR.

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Challenges• Gaining new members

Higher awareness of AlumniUM during study times to overcome the bachelor/master issue

• Communication What to communicate? Which channels to use?

• Activities and services for Young Professionals• Homecoming events

How to work against declining participant numbers

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Questions & AnswersQuestions from Jessica Runte:1. Activities for alumni abroad?So far AlumniUM has no special activities for alumni abroad. 2. How to measure success?For the next years among other things my work will be measured by the “absorption ratio” (number of members who graduated in one year / number of graduates in one year). However, this might be a special measure for associations3. Activities during the transition from student to alumni?So far we try to create as much awareness as possible during study times. Any other suggestions would be very important for us as well!

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Executive Director AlumniUM e.V.Universitätsstr. 14-1648143 Münster

e-mail: anja,schwering@alumnium.net phone: +49 (0) 251 83-22965web: www.alumnium.net

Dipl.-Kffr. Anja Schwering

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Thank you very much for your attention!

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