The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 110, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1988 Page: 5 of 16
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Spectrum
May 6,1988
5
Alums
Turn Key
To Progress
By Tina Glossup
Alumni participation is important to
universities. Not only is their support a sign of
interest in the university, it is also helpful in
financial areas.
Donations to NT by its alumni have
steadily increased in the past few years.
Dr.Joseph Gonzales, director of annual funds,
said contributions have increased sharply since
the early '80s.
Gonzales said that in the early '80s, the
school received contributions from
apporoximately 1,00 donors. Two years ago,
approximately 2,800 donations were made. Last
year that number had risen to 7,000.
By the school's centennial in 1990,
Gonzales said the goal is to obtain 10,000
contibutions.
The increase in the number of
contributions has been brought about by
concentrated efforts by the Advancement Center
to contact alumns. The university has
approximately 80,000 alumni. The
Advancement Center is using its annual
phonathon as its main resource for contacting
these alumni, Gonzales said.
As schools gain more and more alumni
support, the institutions sometimes run the risk
of being taken over by alums. One such
example would be Texas A&.M University.
A&M alumni practically run the school. Money
definitely talks in this situation.
Gonzales said that such a situation ever
developing at NT would be almost impocsible.
"Our alumni are a different type of
people," he said.
"The nature of the state university is that
it is state assisted, and not state supported. For
this reason, alumni contributions are very
important," Gonzales said. "Alumni
contributions will make the difference between a
good university and a great university."
Even private institutions are not solely
reliant on alumni contributions, he said, and do
not really run the risk of being taken over by
alums.
There are several upcoming events "that
will stir alumni interest," he said. The main one
is the name change on May 15.
"The majority, from 95 to 98 percent,
of the alumni who have expressed opinions cn
the name change have responded fawora'oly,"
he said. Most believe that it is a step forward for
the uiniversity. There are those; however, who
have a strong alliance to "North Texas State
University," he said.
Gonzales said the steady growth of the
university will bring increased support from
alumni in the next decade.
It is important to get the students at the
freshman level involved in various activities so
that a sense of allegiance will develop, he said.
"If the students have had good
experiences with teachers, administrators and
organizations, they will remember these after
graduation."
Workers line up to solicit money from alums.
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