What Are College Alumni?

Teachers and students of the school say that people who have graduated from the school sometimes include people who have previously served as faculty members. ^[1-2] Another name for alumni: classmates, classmates.

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Teachers and students of the school say that people who have graduated from the school sometimes include people who have previously served as faculty members. ^[1-2]

Alumni Alumni Association

The alumni association is also known as the old students' association , classmates , classmates , and classmates . It is a social organization and a fraternity organization. Its members are mainly alumni and old classmates. The consultants may include teachers, principals, former presidents, well-known alumni, philanthropists Patrons, celebrities, lawyers, accountants, etc.

The internal structure of the old student union includes members, officers, cabinet members, and presidents of student unions, secretaries, foreign affairs public relations, conference publications, membership benefits, finance, general affairs and other positions.

Alumni

Officially organized alumni associations can be funded and organized by the school. The purpose is to reunite previous graduates, help the school's development, including assisting the development of old students' social status, and finally give back to their alma mater. During the Japanese occupation period in Taiwan, alumni associations mostly took the principal as the president, and only gradually transformed into democratic elections after the 1920s to allow students to freely choose alumni.

Self-organized alumni associations, members may be selected by old students and selected by themselves. The goal of the activity is to serve the friendship, member welfare and social welfare, and few attempts to fight the alma mater. However, according to records, early (early twentieth century) classmates also aimed at spontaneous learning together.

Alumni Alumni Economy

It refers to taking the alma mater as the core in the social activities of alumni, and bringing objective benefits to the alma mater, alumni, and society through the material, cultural, and talent exchanges between the alma mater and alumni, alumni and alumni, and alma mater and society Economic activity. It takes the alma mater and the alumni as the carrier, and aims to promote the development of related economic activities through the natural link between the alumni and the alma mater. This concept was first proposed by the famous economist Professor Lu Shijie ^[3] .

Alumni Resources

Alumni resources are important resources that can be used in school development. They are the main part of forming and measuring the alumni economy. It has the following characteristics:

(1) Diversity. After years of development in colleges and universities, alumni resources often have diversity in industries, regions, levels, age gradients, and social impacts.

(2) Extensive. There are thousands or even tens of thousands of graduates each year in universities, and the number of graduates will increase with the development of universities.

(3) Comprehensiveness. Alumni resources can provide comprehensive contributions to the school in terms of people, finances, materials and information. If we can make full use of alumni resources, we will obtain comprehensive support in financial support, participation in teaching and scientific research processes, employment placement services, college public image construction, and campus culture construction.

(D) Dynamic. Alumni resources are not immutable, but a virtuous cycle of continuous development in terms of diversity, breadth and comprehensiveness over time.

(5) Potentiality. Although alumni resources are diverse, extensive, comprehensive, and dynamic, one of the biggest characteristics is the potentiality. Many alumni resources are difficult to fully utilize and develop because of various restrictions on regions and ages, which has led to the development of colleges and universities. Waste of valuable resources.

Therefore, the alumni economy developed on the basis of alumni resources also presents multiple, extensive, comprehensive, dynamic and potential.

Colleges and universities are special factories that transport talents to society, and their products are talents. The ultimate goal of higher education is to cultivate cultured, literate, enthusiastic, and targeted young talents to enter society, serve the society, and promote the healthy development of society. This is also a necessary resource for constructing a country's core competitiveness. Cultivating talents in colleges and universities is a continuous process of investment in human, material and spiritual and cultural resources. It is an opportunity and honor for alumni to enter colleges to study. Alma mater trains a large number of talents for society and even many talents take leadership positions. Honor. At the same time, alumni should be grateful to their alma mater for their cultivation and take the initiative to undertake the "feedback" obligation, which is the emotional premise entrusted to the alumni's economic development and redevelopment. In summary, the alumni economy is a necessary resource for the development of today's colleges and universities, and it is also a necessary resource for the development of society. It is a value flow process in which colleges, universities, alumni, and society help the development and win-win. .

Zhejiang University wants to expand "Alumni Economic Circle" ^[4]

On May 12, 2011, Luo Jianming, vice president of Zhejiang Medical Device Industry Association, donated RMB 6 million to Zhejiang University Education Foundation for the construction of medical and law disciplines of Zhejiang University. Luo Jianming himself is a son of Zhejiang University.

In the China University Evaluation Report released in early 2011, the ranking of Zhejiang University also rose to the third place. The biggest highlight of the report was the first time that "alumni donation" was included in the evaluation of Chinese universities.

"Alumni donation" and outstanding alumni's performance have become important indicators of the level of domestic universities, so that the so-called "alumni circle" has emerged. The Global Alumni Entrepreneurship Competition launched by Zhejiang University yesterday is expected to further expand the Alumni Economic Circle.

Top ten schools in the investment circle

The domestic investment circle is known as the "Top Ten Factions": Peking University Liberty Company, Tsinghua Buddies, the People's Congress Jiangshan, the intensive Wudaokou, the wealthy Zhongcai, Shangcai's Shanghai Beach, like-minded Hewu adults, Xiamen University Gejiajun ... The investment community alumni circle named after the school.

In the 2011 China University Evaluation Report released by the China Alumni Association Network and the 21st Century Talent News in early 2011, Zhejiang University ranked the richest university in China, with 66 rich people, second only to Peking University and Tsinghua University. third.

Although Zhejiang University has not been listed among the top ten factions, Zhejiang University has always been promoting the economy of alumni, and it is evident from the university curriculum:

In 2006, Zhejiang University established the Elite Class for Entrepreneurship Management, which is the first teaching reform class with the theme of innovation and entrepreneurship in China. Part of the courses hired bilingual teaching by foreign teachers, and later it established the first doctoral degree in entrepreneurship management in Asia. .

In May 2007, Zhu Min, an alumnus of Zhejiang University and chairman of Cyberlab, donated US $ 10 million to Zhejiang University and established the "Zhejiang University International Innovation Research Institute" with the goal of developing a world-class level of science and technology and industrial innovation research and development institutions, with a view to incubating Better college students innovate.

In 2008, Zhejiang University launched the practical growth plan of seeking truth from facts and strengthening eagles. In the first phase, 12 well-known Zhejiang businessmen entered the Zijingang campus of Zhejiang University and formed a "master and apprentice" with 118 outstanding students. The plan has reached its seventh phase.

On the other hand, Zhejiang University's alumni donation has a good record in domestic universities: Zhejiang University's "most generous" outstanding alumni, Duan Yongping, set a record of Chinese university alumni donations with a cumulative donation of 248 million yuan. The same huge donation is the Guanghua Education Foundation donating 100 million yuan to establish Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School.