In January 2021, the Raikes School established the Alumni Engagement Committee to strengthen the involvement of our alumni and their connection to the Raikes School. The committee met virtually through the spring and summer and received regular updates from the Raikes School administration. Moving forward, we hope the committee will meet in person once per year with continued virtual communication.
The committee is charged to:
- Help source alumni who may be interested in mentoring current students or providing support through internship/full-time application processes at various companies
- Encourage members of their cohort to get their companies involved in the Raikes School career fair and other employer engagement activities
- Seek alumni for panel discussions, classroom presentations, or tech/business talks
- Encourage attendance at reunions, the Design Studio Showcase, speakers, and events in various cities
- Act as a liaison between the Raikes School, the University of Nebraska Foundation, and their cohort
- Send emails and letters to their cohort in support of giving back to and growing the Raikes School’s impact
We are grateful to have the support and leadership of the following alumni volunteers currently serving on the Alumni Engagement Committee:
| Meghan (Lyons) Calabro, Cohort 2001 | Sunita (Gupta) Lavin, Cohort 2002 | Brian Zimmer, Cohort 2003 |
| Kyle Murphy, Cohort 2004 | Chris Reznicek, Cohort 2006 | Rees Klintworth, Cohort 2012 |
| Maggie Witzenburg, Cohort 2014 | Emily Wagner, Cohort 2015 | Karl Shaffer, Cohort 2016 |
| Luke Bogus, Cohort 2017 | Emma Clausen, Cohort 2017 |
If you would like to join Alumni Engagement Committee, would like to nominate a member of your cohort for the committee, or have suggestions related to alumni engagement, please reach out to any of our current committee members or Anna Pressler, the Raikes School’s Director of Recruitment and Student Success at anna.pressler@unl.edu or 402-472-9097.
