Here are just a few reflections from the event, which was just the first of many opportunities that alums will have to contribute their ideas and talents. Alumnae told Lehigh… • Get the data right. • Ask for our expertise. • Listen and respond. • Commit resources. • Ensure women are represented and celebrated. • Recruit more alumnae. • Recruit more diverse alumnae. • Help us interact and support each other. • Think about women’s life stages. • Appreciate full-time parents and other aspects of life, not just careers. • Put the spotlight on women. • Offer more tools to allow more people to create more gatherings. • Do more local gatherings. • Encourage engaged women to widen the circle via personal invitations to their networks. Reflections • Alumnae want to support and guide students, participate in and offer their own knowledge for lifelong learning, and work with staff and faculty to contribute to Lehigh’s upward trajectory. • Lehigh needs to incorporate all voices: race, ethnicity, class years, career paths, life experiences, majors, geographies, genders. • Lehigh should tap into sororities, athletic teams, musical, and performance groups, and other affinities to grow the community. • Time and talent need to be more acknowledged, and their impacts need to be communicated. • Engagement will lead to giving; but trust has to be more firmly established among women as a community. • The university needs to better tell the story of Lehigh women. • The conference was amazing: We felt listened to and valued… but…this can’t be a one-time event; it’s just the start of building a community.
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