{"id":27,"date":"2026-02-09T09:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/brunograzioli\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:45:15","slug":"alumni-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/brunograzioli\/alumni-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Established in 1965, the Bologna program is Dickinson\u2019s oldest of its 13 study abroad programs. As Resident Director, I cultivate long-standing relationships with program alumni, engaging them during visits to Bologna and through a newsletter reaching over 1,300 alumni. I also contribute to the College\u2019s fundraising efforts by maintaining personal connections and acknowledging gifts that sustain Bologna scholarships, viewing alumni engagement as central to the collective program\u2019s identity and its lasting impact current and future cohorts of students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In my capacity as Director of the Bologna program for Dickinson College I am involved in collaborations with campus partners and stakeholders to plan and design initiatives, events, and communication strategies that support alumni engagement and program goals. This includes coordinating timelines, aligning institutional priorities, and contributing to the development of activities that strengthen relationships between alumni, donors, and the College.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"308\">Below are links to online resources that document my engagement with Bologna program alumni and my efforts to maintain ongoing communication with former students in collaboration with the College.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Collaboration with<\/span> <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Alumni Engagement office on campus <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">to support alumni relations (Dickinson College, 2018-2026). Examples:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/news\/article\/4529\/dickinson_launches_new_virtual_global_classes_for_alumni_students_parents_staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Global Classes for Alumni<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\">Webinar on the history of the Bologna program organized for program alumni, 2021: <\/span><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wsw9n4YQU9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIVA BOLOGNA!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Collaboration with<\/span> <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Donor Engagement office on campus <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">to support fundraising initiatives (Dickinson College, 2018-2026).<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Example: Bologna newsletters for program alumni:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/brunograzioli\/files\/2026\/02\/Fall-2025-Bologna-Newsletter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall 2025 Bologna Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/brunograzioli\/files\/2026\/02\/Bologna-Letter_Spring2025-P5-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring 2025 Bologna Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/brunograzioli\/files\/2026\/02\/Bologna-Letter_Fall2024_P8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall 2024 Bologna Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Initiatives, events and communication that support the three named scholarships (K. Robert Nilsson, Marco Biagi, Francesco Guccini) for the Bologna program:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Matching Bologna students with Nilsson and Biagi scholarships<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yNZnmKtxHMo&amp;t=2s&amp;pp=ygURZGlja2luc29uIGNvbGxlZ2U%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dedication of the K. Robert Nilsson Center in Bologna<\/a><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> (2025)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Organization of the Marco Biagi Annual Memorial Lecture (in collaboration with the Biagi family) and Scholarship announcement: performances from <\/span><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_S40N1ixYdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> and <\/span><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nthzkmITRkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Collaboration with Individual Giving Officers for the creation and launch of the Francesco Guccini Scholarship (2021)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oDZ9-6F49dE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Event to announce the creation of the new Guccini scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Interview with Francesco Guccini<\/span> <a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJm8NYDaLS0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PART 1<\/a><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> and<\/span> <a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ELPXA7FTWaI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PART 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">60th Anniversary of Dickinson College program in Bologna: <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Organization and participation in the weeklong series of events for the<\/span> <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">(230+ alumni \/ 330+ overall guests):<\/span> <a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/info\/20388\/alumni\/4566\/bologna_60th_anniversary_schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schedule<\/a><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">,<\/span> <a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XRA9aISccWY&amp;t=2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Maintain<\/span> <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Media Presence<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sJoa5GCUHE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAI Interview<\/a> <a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sJoa5GCUHE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2025)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-underline text-strikethrough-none\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/brunograzioli\/files\/2026\/02\/Article-on-Guccini.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article on Guccini and Dickinson (La Repubblica)<\/a> <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">(2025)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1965, the Bologna program is Dickinson\u2019s oldest of its 13 study abroad programs. 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