Life at SWU : Alumni and Friends : 101 Ways to Support SWU
- Pray for the students of SWU.
- Pray for the faculty and staff of SWU.
- Keep your contact information current.
- Send the Department of Alumni Relations your news.
- Attend all campus events.
- Come home for Homecoming Weekend.
- Attend Heritage Weekend.
- Pre-register for all SWU events.
- Host a SWU Club in your area.
- Wear SWU clothing.
- Put an SWU tag on the front of your vehicle.
- Request the SWU tag at your local DMV.
- Provide current students the opportunity to do “mock” interviews, or better yet, REAL job interviews with you or your business.
- Send encouraging notes to students.
- Speak or perform in alumni chapel.
- Encourage your church or civic group to host the SWU Concert Choir.
- Make the Advancement Office aware of duplicate mailings and other postage mishaps.
- Spread good news about SWU.
- Participate in fundraisers.
- Ask an SWU faculty or staff member to speak at your church or civic group.
- Send encouraging notes to SWU faculty and staff.
- Nominate alumni for the SWU Alumni Association Awards program.
- Bring your family to the SWU campus.
- Bring your friends to the SWU campus.
- Alert the Department of Alumni Relations when fellow alumni die.
- Pray for God’s blessings for SWU.
- Attend soccer games.
- Communicate with the members of the SWU Alumni Board of Directors.
- Bring guests to the SWU Sunday Brunch or any meal.
- Encourage participation in SWU events among your classmates.
- Send the SWU Office of Admissions names and addresses of potential students.
- Proudly hang your SWU diploma in your home or place of business.
- Contribute to the Pathway to Progress campaign.
- Remember SWU when designing your estate plan.
- Attend SWU reunions.
- Attend campus conferences.
- Encourage your pastor to attend the annual SWU Ministers’ Conference.
- Participate in SWU Blue Wednesdays.
- Tell people about SWU on SWU Blue Wednesdays.
- Be on the visitor side when SWU athletes compete in your area.
- Let the SWU coaches and athletes know you are there.
- Attend basketball games.
- Post SWU news articles at your place of business.
- Complete and return SWU alumni surveys.
- Attend SWU musicals.
- Attend SWU theater productions.
- Volunteer.
- Visit the SWU website regularly to keep up with news and events.
- Encourage SWU alumni to be active.
- Support the SWU annual fund.
- Support SWU endowed scholarships.
- Attend the St. Simon’s Senior Chaparral.
- Bring friends to St. Simon’s Senior Chaparral.
- Attend Southern Celebrations, regional SWU conferences.
- Bring friends to the Southern Celebrations regional conferences.
- Send donations for SWU scholarship auctions.
- Give your copy of SWU Magazine to a friend.
- Give your copy of The Alumni Spotlight to a friend.
- Encourage churches and schools to bring potential students to the Spring Youth Conference and Open House.
- Encourage churches and schools to bring students to the SWU Admissions Fall Open House.
- Attend SWU volleyball games.
- Pray for SWU student enrollment.
- Pray for additional academic programs.
- Tell athletes about the SWU athletic program.
- Attend SWU baseball games.
- Notify the Office of Advancement of your matching gift company.
- Share your SWU experience with current students.
- Offer career guidance to current SWU students.
- Volunteer to speak at a SWU career fair.
- Use the website to consistently update your contact information.
- Celebrate your SWU Heritage.
- Celebrate SWU accomplishments.
- Thank the Lord for His SWU blessings.
- Encourage alumni to attend the SWU Club meetings in your area.
- Attend SWU softball games.
- Attend concerts sponsored by the Fine Arts Department.
- “Adopt” a SWU student.
- Tell your boss about the adult evening programs.
- Tell co-workers about the adult evening programs.
- Participate in the SWU Pro-Am golf tournament.
- Support the SWU golf team.
- Support the SWU Cross Country team.
- Participate in the annual P.B. Wood Golf Tournament.
- Request SWU athletic schedules.
- Pray for the leadership of SWU.
- Purchase gifts from the SWU bookstore.
- Make an unrestricted gift to the annual fund.
- Clip newspaper articles you see about SWU alumni and send them to the Department of Alumni Relations.
- Support the Warrior Club and SWU athletics.
- Write an article for SWU Magazine or The Alumni Spotlight.
- Be a host family for the SWU choir tour.
- Apply for the SWU MBNA card and use it.
- Plan a reunion for your class.
- Help find lost alumni.
- Write to your legislators regarding the importance of funding independent colleges and the South Carolina Tuition Grant.
- Send job openings to the SWU career counselor.
- Send your children to SWU sport camps during the summer.
- Encourage your company to hire SWU graduates.
- Honor your alma mater by mentioning your Southern Wesleyan University affiliation when you are honored.
- Share your love for SWU wherever you go.
- Be a SWU Warrior.