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Where the Ho gs call Home Arkansas Alumni Association Annual Report FY 2010-11 During fiscal year 2010-11,
University of Arkansas
Membership
Alumni Nationwide
44.6%
the Arkansas Alumni Association created the Membership Ambassador program to focus on increasing membership through “personal asks” from staff and volunteers that resulted in a total of 25,866 members, a 2.19 percent increase from the previous year. In addition, 927 members upgraded to 3-year membership, and 202 upgraded to life membership.
of alumni base is email addressable
88.1% addressable rate
It was a banner year for participation in events, including 440 events held in the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House, averaging out to 1.2 events per day with 9,611 people in attendance. The Alumni House also received improvements and renovations, including new carpet, totaling $139,283.
23.2 percent of members are
graduates
91retention rate, #1 percent
The Alumni Association also received a generous gift from the Hembree family – an 1846 piano. A rarity, it is one of four pianos made in Paris with a wooden harp. The piano now resides in the Underwood Library at the Alumni House.
which makes the Association in retention in the Southeastern Conference
Staff made updates to 57
Another highlight of the year included creating the Latino Alumni Society as the Association’s second special interest society. The Black Alumni Society, chartered in 1998, was the first. The University of Arkansas becomes the third Southeastern Conference school to have both societies, after the University of Florida and the University of Georgia.
alumni records in the database per hour for
118,079 updates
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ARKANSAS
Winter 2011
Alumni by county
to records during FY11
At the right, you’ll see a representation of alumni density across the nation. Throughout the following pages, the association’s many successes this year are sprinkled among the highlights from alumni chapters. Enjoy!
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membership
Winter 2011
66 percent increase
Added in 3-year memberships
110,846 Alumni Nationwide as of December 2010
ARKANSAS
101 new
Life Members 39