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Hard to answer without knowing overall goal

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Hard to answer without knowing overall goal

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Facilitating alumni events and connections beyond just the current cohort

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Facilitating alumni events and connections beyond just the current cohort

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How would that dovetail with the school? More organization from Slack (quiet, some don't know about it). Strengthening connections within community. Concerns about turning meetups into fundraising events

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Being engaged with any alumni activity consistently can be challenging. Flexibility and a potential need to come and go

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Being engaged with any alumni activity consistently can be challenging. Flexibility and a potential need to come and go

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A more formal/streamlined job board type thing 

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A more formal/streamlined job board type thing 

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Perhaps a career fair for alumni, not just current students

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Alumni growth but it seems like the program is not. Need mentorship ourselves from someone further in their career. Don't have a good idea of who to reach out to

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Alumni growth but it seems like the program is not. Need mentorship ourselves from someone further in their career. Don't have a good idea of who to reach out to

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can it be low but spread responsibilities across everyone? What would governance and leadership look like? concerns about free labor

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Potential downside for excluding people outside of Seattle, however could encourage creation of regional meetups

Build sense of community for alumni - allow people to get to know other alumni (e.g. spotlight for alumni - perhaps email or newsletter)

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Connect with some leaders in the design/research world or provide leadership classes for alumni who are not new graduates or current students

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Connect with some leaders in the design/research world or provide leadership classes for alumni who are not new graduates or current students

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Look at design orgs like AIGA for inspiration

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Look at design orgs like AIGA for inspiration

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some give and take. share opportunities with companies.

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Mixers outside of just mentor program

In person for Seattle or NY or LA or other areas, and a virtual option

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Knowledge sharing & continuous learning opportunities for alums

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Knowledge sharing & continuous learning opportunities for alums

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Transparency about curriculum; other events

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Transparency about curriculum; other events

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Especially for remote people. It's difficult to meet up in person even when you are all in person. Would be nice if events were hybrid friendly

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spotlight current student and/or alumni

Could also include dates of upcoming showcases or events

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Using Alumni connections to keep pulse on the evolving industry 

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Using Alumni connections to keep pulse on the evolving industry 

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Share work that we're doing directly with the current cohort in presentation style

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Remote opportunities can be limited (alums outside of Seattle)

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Remote opportunities can be limited (alums outside of Seattle)

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Alumni can provide advice to program objectives based on industry trends / changes

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Alumni can provide advice to program objectives based on industry trends / changes

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Keeping up to date on current interview practices, etc

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Offering help and guidance around concerns that international students have. Potentially offering workshops around these specific circumstances

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Raise the awareness within our employers of MHCID and the alumni that come from it

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Advice on structure/possibilities of what this could look like

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Advice on structure/possibilities of what this could look like

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Transparency around what current students and grads struggle with?

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Transparency around what current students and grads struggle with?

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Financial support, especially for events

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Financial support, especially for events

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Time is valuable so how can we ensure it's worth the time commitment

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Time is valuable so how can we ensure it's worth the time commitment

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What motivates everyone to be here? Potentially for the purpose of giving back but can we take a pulse on motivators to understand why people are here

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concern about quality and integrity of education. sometimes feedback not taken, or we don't know how it impacts. recognition that it's hard.

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We all joined this call because we care about this program but there has to be some goals from leadership within the program of what they expect from this group

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Industry resources and connections not just for current cohort

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Industry resources and connections not just for current cohort

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There should be something in it for the members

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There should be something in it for the members

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The end results of whatever happens with the alumni council should also uplift alumni and not only focus on current students

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Big / Small company

Industry

UXR/UXD/PM

Location

Mix of Cohorts - how to keep it "fresh"

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As alum move further away from the academia world, ties and opportunities back to academia would be appreciated

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We'll need some time to research what's typical for councils (leadership, do we elect people?, does this rotate?)

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We'll need some time to research what's typical for councils (leadership, do we elect people?, does this rotate?)

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Gain more exposure to what is happening in sections of the industry that we might not be working within

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How can we transition the current students to alumni?

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How can we transition the current students to alumni?

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Keeping alumni in the loop on the program

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Keeping alumni in the loop on the program

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e.g. staffing changes, admissions process, stats on job placement

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Staffing changes

Job placement stats

Program structure changes

Event dates (showcases)

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Opportunity to better share what alums are doing in the field

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Opportunity to better share what alums are doing in the field

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some coldness towards donations, but donations with a clear allocation or impact is more appealing

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increase transparency around fund allocations

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increase transparency around fund allocations

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sometimes includes rooms. config coming up

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Open to alumni who bring ideas and knowledge about industry changes

i.e. AI, spacial computing, etc. to help keep cohort content fresh and up to date

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How are we supposed to sign up and commit to something before even knowing the bounds of what is expected of us?

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Tuition

Elective scholarship - maybe want to take an elective but didn't plan on taking an extra one so don't have the funds

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Lightweight Internship instead of elective 

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Lightweight Internship instead of elective 

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Option to help build connections and experience throughout the program

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recognizing alumnis for their contributions

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recognizing alumnis for their contributions

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worried you're looking for free labor with no benefit for us

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worried you're looking for free labor with no benefit for us

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if my company had openings, I would love to share them with MHCI+D students first

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There should be more communication about joining the alum council in case others that are interested missed it

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There should be more communication about joining the alum council in case others that are interested missed it