PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
PSUCenTex Scholarship Fund
The chapter rewards two scholarships annually to outstanding full-time undergraduate students enrolled at The Pennsylvania State University whose home address of record is within the geographic area of the Central Texas Chapter.
Where we work
Awards
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of attendees present at rallies/events
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
PSUCenTex Scholarship Fund
Context Notes
Average number of attendees at weekly game watch parties / fundraisers during football season.
Average financial aid award per FTE student
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
PSUCenTex Scholarship Fund
Context Notes
Annual Scholarship Gift for local Penn State sophomore or higher in good standing.
Number of alumni (regardless of last date of enrollment) who submit updated contact information to the alumni office within the most recent academic year
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Context Notes
Number of registered members of the PSAA in the Central Texas region.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our mission is to promote and strengthen the Penn State University brand in the region, and increase alumni membership and participation both online and locally through social and professional events. Larger membership inspires additional third party sponsorship, which results in a consistent increase in charitable donations, which allows us to create new programs and to expand our annual scholarship offerings without requiring chapter dues or fees.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We've relocated our recurring 'game watch' events to a downtown venue with more capacity, which has drastically increased attendance and the chapter's exposure. Our mailing list has grown 10% our and social media profiles have more than tripled in traffic and post/event interaction. This has led to new sponsors and significantly more donations to our scholarship fund.
In addition, we have taken steps to emphasize our 501(c)(3) status online, to provide transparency and benefit from our nonprofit status. There are grants and programs specifically designed to provide funding and/or services for organizations such as ours, and we are aggressively pursuing those opportunities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a large, active membership base in the region who engage us on social media and attend events and fundraisers. As our online presence and chapter events increase in popularity, our donations and sponsorship opportunities allow for us to expand our offerings.
Penn State University also supplies the chapter with allocations and fundraising materials, as well as student data to help us find qualified sponsorship applicants in good standing.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have greatly increased event attendance and donation volume with stronger online marketing and changing our event venue to accommodate larger groups and draw our younger members. We have also heavily promoted our nonprofit status in 2016.
We have not met our goal of engaging the local members in Penn State's THON benefit, and have a minimal recruiting presence at local high school and college fair events. We hope to improve in these areas in 2017.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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PENN STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Board of directorsas of 04/29/2019
Michael Barasch
University of Texas
Term: 2017 - 2018
Michael Abelson
Penn State Alumni Association, Central Texas
Chris Nelson
Penn State Alumni Association, Central Texas
Laura Dibarba
Penn State Alumni Association, Central Texas