Spotlight alumni giving Generous and Devoted Alumni Move School Forward
Alumni participation reached 56 percent in the 2010 –2011 St. Mark’s Fund year and by all accounts, led all independent schools across the nation. This achievement also trumps most universities and rivals the numbers attained by the strongest collegiate programs in the nation. St. Mark’s alumni lead in many ways Marksmen from the Class of 1991 at last year’s Spring Alumni Weekend BBQ.
across industries and around the globe. This measure of participation is one more way in
Alumni Assert National Leadership
which Marksmen are making their mark.
Fifty-six percent is the new standard in giving. In 2007, the Alumni Board staked their claim on 50 percent alumni participation in the
at St. Mark’s, classes gather to begin planning
alumni believe passionately in their alma mater
their forthcoming spring reunions. They focus
and understand its lifelong impact. While
on how best to engage the class, what kind of
alumni participation is not the only tool for
reunion activities to schedule and, finally, what
measuring alumni engagement, it is one metric
kind of Reunion Gift they would like to make. This year’s Alumni Weekend marks the end
gauging the effectiveness of the Alumni
of the first five-year cycle for this new campus
Program from year to year.
tradition. Since 2008, the Weekend and the
When the Alumni Board adopted its partici-
Spotlight | THE PRIDE
In what is becoming an early fall tradition
St. Mark’s Fund. They reasoned that St. Mark’s
that has proven to be most equitable when
32
Reunion Records Broken…Again
Reunion Program have taken root at St. Mark’s.
pation goal as one of its annual priorities, the
By all measures, alumni are embracing Alumni
landscape changed dramatically. St. Mark’s
Weekend and the Reunion Program. Reflecting
alumni now lead the nation in annual fund
the St. Mark’s ethos, classes continue to set
participation. A new standard has been
their sights squarely on establishing Reunion
established, with three successive years
records for attendance, participation and
above 50 percent.
Reunion Giving.
St. Mark’s School of Texas