Alumni Engagement

Purpose: Provide a list of key activities and initiatives for use by Class or Company representative to engage UWSP Paper Science and Chemical Engineering Alumni.  

Process: Use any the tools shown below to reach out to your Class or Company alumni group as a touch point with The Program and as a reminder to stay in touch, get involved and engage The Program if possible.

Outcome: Higher awareness and involvement of UWSP PS&CE alumni with the program to foster a larger alumni community and opportunities for more engagement.

Key Activities & Initiatives

  • Class Reunions – Re-engage with your graduating class, reconnect and find opportunities to engage with the program

  • LinkedIn/Facebook Groups – Great way to use social media to reconnect and to stay connected.  This is a way to update your class on current events, career changes, activities at the university and opportunities to engage with the program.

  • Semi Annual Fact Sheet – Mailer for an at-a-glance update on the program, statistics and upcoming events

  • Alumni Happy Hour – Holding a happy hour with your UWSP network is a fun and casual way to get together, get caught up on current events and reminisce about the good old days in Point.  This is also a great ice breaker to discuss upcoming engagement activities, program happenings or news.  See example invitation below.

  • Class Champion and Company Champion Engagement Letter – Sending out a class letter to reconnect or as a call to action is a good way to get engagement from your class.  Opportunities…be related to donating to the program, as an individual, corporate donations or simply a reminder to reconnect and get engaged with the program.   

  • Alumni Data Base – Resource for contact information, available upon request from Angie Hauer (715-346-4817) or the Executive Director

  • Other Program Engagement opportunities

    • Academic Advisory Council/Guest lecturer/ Senior design project participation

    • Sponsor a Facility Tour

    • Board participation/non-voting recent graduate

    • Golf outing

    • Awards banquet/Presenting of scholarships for high school recipients

    • Recruiting company seminar or info night

    • STEM Career fair for recruiting of Co-ops, Summer Interns or Graduates

    • Materials/Financial support

    • Foundation Public Meeting

    • UWSP Homecoming or PS&CE Event


Alumni Engagement Toolkits
Links for further information: 
1. Toolkit PowerPoint
2. Tooklit PDF Summary  
Ad hoc Alumni Engagement  
Committee Members

Gregg Aiken, Former Director of the PS&ChE Foundation

 Sheryle Tepp, Executive Director of the PS&ChE Foundation

 Edwin Buehler, Retired from Verso Company

 Don Guay, Ahlstrom-Munksjö

 Mark Hassman, Kruger Products

 Chris Satori, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

  Jason Zblewski, Pixelle Specialty Solutions