This is sort of related to what David81 said, but Athletics has seen a surge in supporters and donors since Powell was hired. The Athletics dept as it stands has better marketing strategies and outreach programs than the academics from the looks of it! I think that the academics side needs to do better with outreach and marketing if they want to see some returns. Sitting in your office with your feet kicked back on your desk isnt going to solve this problem. You need to be out in the community, not just doing a world tour to find alumni. Get back into HS's do some service work around Valpo and Northern Indiana.
Athletics has seen a surge in supporters and donors since Powell was hired.
unless you work at the university, I don’t see any way to prove that.
@kreitzerstl Its what I've heard from people close to the basketball dept. Only way I personally can prove that is by looking at how many people are wearing officially licensed NIL merch, and it is a considerable amount of people
@rezynezy My faculty friends tell me that donors are down across the board. If that’s not the case, the administration should be sharing that message more transparently.
It is good to see Valpo winning games in my Google Alerts. The school needs good news, and it needs to share that news internally and externally.
How do get the majority of faculty to go the extra mile when they are compensated 20% below market value? Someone will need an excellent strategy and pep talk to get engagement.
