Planning RetreatExternal RelationsWednesday, June 27, 2007

Alumni

84% of our alumni reside in Georgia The university has over 43,720 living

addressable alumni We are adding about 1,630 new

alumni each year

Athletics

We are currently a Division II institution and members of the Gulf South Conference

The school offers 6 women’s sports and 5 men’s and we have 250 student-athletes which are members of these teams (plus about 40 cheerleaders and a couple of mascots)

Kennesaw announced (today) that it intends to launch a $15-$20M campaign for athletics and if it is successful, they will likely add football and seek up to $74M in total for football and others sports

Donor Population

Number of donors continues to decline (national trend): 4,457 in 2004, 4,093 in 2005, 4,041 in 2006

Our alumni giving percentage is 7.1% (Valdosta is 3.4%) – of the 4,041 donors in 2006, 3,142 were alumni

Our largest gifts still tend to come from friends (not alumni) and corporations (not an untypical trend for an institution which has had a history as a teacher’s college).

Endowment

The endowment continues to grow with endowment contributions and interest earnings: $13M in 2004, $13.7M in 2005, and $16.1M in 2006 (Valdosta is at $20M)

As of today, it is up over $16.6M; 40% of the growth in the last fiscal year has been attributed to endowment contributions, 60% to interest earnings

Legislative Positioning

UWG is one of only 7 of the USG institutions which has a regular presence at the state capitol during the General Assembly

When we launch our federal relations advocacy program, we will be only one of 5 institutions in the state with formal advocacy and public relations counsel in DC

We have four alumni legislators (Tommie Benton, Mike Coan, Jeff May, and John Meadows)

Unrestricted Giving

Our unrestricted dollars raised continues to drop (also a national trend): $272,304 in 2004, $303,000 in 2005 (there was one gift of $25K that was eventually removed from this total due to a booking error), and $261,589

The national trend is that donors desire to make contributions to specific programs and areas

The unrestricted gifts largely cover the institution’s scholarship obligations which total to nearly $250,000 just to cover Presidential, Debate, West Georgia Foundation (recruitment), Music, Art, and Study Abroad scholarships

Volunteer Boards

The university presently has 7 formal volunteer boards: West Georgia Foundation Board of Trustees, West Georgia Booster Club Board of Directors, National Alumni Association Board, Richards College of Business Board of Visitors, Accounting Advisory Board, Advanced Academy Trustees, and Real Estate Foundation Board of Directors

Upon Dr. Sethna’s return to campus, we will be establishing a President’s National Resource Council upon which membership is by invitation of the president which will meet twice a year

This will not be a governing body but it will serve as a resource body to the president: financial; influence; and advice and counsel