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  1. Keep your information up-to-date by calling 864-596-9011 or visiting the alumnae section of the Converse website.
  2. Make a gift to the Converse Fund every year.
  3. Have lunch with an alumna in your hometown.
  4. Buy and proudly wear Converse t-shirts for yourself and your family.
  5. Encourage a talented young woman to visit campus and consider Converse.
  6. Clip newspaper articles and obituaries about Converse alumnae and send them to the Alumnae Office.
  7. Call to catch up with your Converse roommate.
  8. Read the online magazine Connections, which is distributed to all alumnae via Email monthly.
  9. Cheer on the Converse Valkyries at a game in your area
    (see athletic schedules).
  10. Remember Converse in your will or estate plan.
  11. Share your ideas, praises, and concerns when you see Converse faculty and staff.
  12. Help Converse connect with individuals, corporations, and foundations capable of providing financial support.
  13. If you live in South Carolina, purchase a Converse College license tag for your car.
  14. Attend arts and academic events on campus.
  15. Help with freshman move-in day.
  16. Be a mentor to parents in your area whose daughters are new students at Converse.
  17. Attend an alumnae event in your area, and take a fellow alumna with you.
  18. Check out the Converse website.
  19. Send E-postcards from the Converse website to friends and family.
  20. Wear your Converse class ring.
  21. Help organize your class reunion.
  22. Talk to high school students in your area who would be a good fit for Converse.
  23. Become a Converse Fund Class Chair and help raise money for Converse.
  24. Give news to your class representative for the magazine's Class Notes.
  25. Attend your reunion.
  26. Help Converse find lost alumnae.
  27. Display your Converse Bulletin in your home or office.
  28. Provide an internship for a Converse student through the Office of Career Services.
  29. Join the Converse Alumnae Network
  30. Make a gift to Converse in honor or memory of someone special to you.
  31. Purchase student artwork to enjoy in your home and office.
  32. Assist an alumna who wants to visit the campus but cannot drive.
  33. Pass along admissions materials to teachers, guidance counselors, and students in your hometown.
  34. Shop for gifts in the Converse bookstore for friends and yourself.
  35. Display your Converse diploma in your home or office.
  36. Share insight on your career with students at Careers Over Lunch. Volunteer by contacting Career Services at 864-596-9027.
  37. Drive with a Converse decal on your car's rear window (available in the Campus Bookstore).
  38. Be proud to be a Converse alumna.
  39. Support Converse students with a gift to the College via personal check, stock, credit card, or monthly bank draft.
  40. Enjoy conversation with Converse students who call during the phonathons.
  41. E-mail your favorite Converse professor.
  42. Read the Converse Bulletin.
  43. After you've finished with the Bulletin, pass it along to a friend.
  44. Get to know current Converse administration, faculty, and staff.
  45. Be sure Converse has your E-mail address.
  46. Do business with Converse alumnae whenever you can.
  47. Hire Converse students during the summers and hire graduates into permanent positions.
  48. Plan a family outing to the campus.
  49. Recruit five new Converse Fund donors.
  50. Participate in an alumnae travel program sponsored by the Alumnae Office.

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Contact:
Office of Development
580 East Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302
phone: 1-864-596-9018
fax: 1-864-596-9219
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