Part of being multiply degreed is that you also get multiple alumni associations. Even better, when the school you graduated from splits into two or more schools--well, then you get to hear from all of those schools.
So, within the last week I've received mail from Purdue, Stanford, and San Jose State.
What did I get?
San Jose State sent me an offer for alums from Blockbuster. I've noticed this about SJSU--they seem to go out of their way to try and find goodies for the alums. They still hit me up for cash, but at least they're attempting to offer something in return.
Stanford sent the on-line course catalog. This is like being four years old again, and getting the Sears Christmas catalog four times a year. I note that the "spacecraft design" class has returned for a second quarter. Hmmmmmm
Purdue hits me up for money. This time through, the school of Science wants me to hand over some cash so they can have a more diverse student body. The wording is odd--they make it sound like they need to bribe the students to attend. On the other hand, having attended Purdue, maybe that's not so far off.
I wish Purdue would make some sort of effort to offer something, anything, to the alums who aren't sending them $100K to the athletic dept (yeah, the "you can get tickets to the Rose Bowl--all you have to do is hand over six figures to the football team fund" deal they pulled still stinks. And so was selling tickets meant for the student body to the highest bidder.). They're shameless--completely and utterly shameless.
But it must work, or else they wouldn't keep at it.
Posted by lsefton at November 8, 2004 09:54 PM