Academic literature on the topic 'Alumni affinity'

Using a constructivist case study analysis, we explore philanthropy toward higher education among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) alumni, examining how a person’s LGBTQ identity and experiences (un)consciously affects his, her, or hir1 decision to give philanthropically. Data come from focus groups with 37 advancement staff and 23 LGBTQ alumni at two research extensive universities. Findings reveal unconscious influences of LGBTQ identities on giving, importance of campus climate for LGBTQ individuals, and LGBTQ alumni affinity group involvement. We draw implications from our findings, discussing the need to create a warm campus climate for current students, increase and encourage involvement within LGBTQ affinity groups, systematize data collection to include LGBTQ identities, and develop culturally sensitive solicitations.

Previous research indicates that student employment serves as a means of campus involvement. Additional literature indicates that campus involvement promotes alumni affinity. This study proposes that the missing link between student employment as involvement and alumni affinity lies in the students' perceptions of involvement. Therefore, this study explored whether student employees view their employment as an involvement opportunity and the factors that influence those perceptions. Understanding the factors that contribute to perceptions of involvement allows campus recreation professionals to structure employment experiences that are recognized by students as involvement, thereby promoting long-term affinity for the institution. The findings indicate that students perceive their employment as involvement, though to varying degrees. The factors contributing to those perceptions include a) time spent in the work environment, b) alignment with personal interests, c) relationships with coworkers, d) relationships with supervisors, e) affiliation to program area, and f) interaction with the campus community.

The aim of this research is to reveal the model, the consistency, and the implication of pesantren network in Samarinda. This is a qualitative research based on sociology, phenomenology, and educational approach. The research was conducted within the total of 37 pesantren in Samarinda which were chosen based on their geographical sites, genealogical aspect, scientific affinity, as well as their tendency toward certain social organization. The geographical network consists of pesantren in South Kalimantan, South Sulawesi, East Java, Central Java, and Jambi. The result shows that this kind of network bears two forms namely direct genealogy and family relationship. Meanwhile, the network of social organization entails pesantren of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah, LDII, Jama’ah Tabligh, and Suffah Hizbullah. Furthermore, the network of scientific affinity comprises language science, physical/martial art, and sanad Al-Qur’an. The model of the pesantren network is established through pesantren alumnae’s journey into new places or by Islamic preaching, alumni empowerment, cadres’ regeneration, and service. The degree of consistency is categorized into three levels, namely, consistent, inconsistent, and modification. This network contributes to the development of pesantren and society in Samarinda.

This study aims to analyze the marketing strategy of BNI Credit Cards in the face of global competition at PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Banda Aceh Branch Office. This study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type where the type of data used is secondary data sourced from various reports and documentation from PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Banda Aceh Branch Office. The results of this study indicate that in marketing BNI Banda Aceh Branch credit cards a strategy that can be used is a marketing strategy that differentiates the market (Differentiated marketing), which is to determine the target market segmentation in accordance with the target types of credit card products that are in accordance with the segmentation. The Banda Aceh BNI branch also uses a concentrated marketing strategy such as the marketing of BNI-Unsyiah affinity Credit Cards which is focused on alumni of Syiah Kuala University throughout Indonesia. Besides that, another strategy used by the Banda Aceh BNI branch in marketing BNI Credit Cards is by issuing pre aproval credit cards, where certain customers in accordance with applicable regulations are directly proposed to issue credit cards on behalf of these customers, if the customer agrees for card issuance, the card can be activated immediately. Furthermore, BNI provides the convenience of non-cash transactions through the YAP (Your All Payment) application as a payment tool for (cashless) and without showing the debit card or credit card (Cardless) through a smartphone. This YAP application is an advantage owned by BNI and the first in Indonesia.

Summer camp is an important setting within the learning landscape of youth—a landscape that also includes school, sports, arts and music, religious settings, home, and eventually, work. While research on camp outcomes is abundant, practitioners and policymakers have little empirical evidence that summer camp participation offers long-term impact and value. The purpose of this study was to build on existing camp research to identify learning outcomes that are highly attributable to camp participation and to determine whether these outcomes are considered important in everyday life. A second purpose was to identify other settings that may contribute to learning outcomes often associated with camp participation. This study used mixed methods design and involved a national sample of 352 individuals (18-25 years old) who had attended camp for at least 3 weeks in their youth and had not worked at a camp. Alumni reported that the development of independence, perseverance, responsibility, appreciation for differences, and appreciation for being present were camp-related outcomes that were highly attributable to their camp experiences and that these outcomes were also of high importance in daily life. Among all outcomes that were highly attributable to camp, study participants noted that camp was a primary setting for developing affinity for nature, how to live with peers, leisure skills, a willingness to try new things, independence, being present, and empathy and compassion. School and home were primary learning settings for other outcomes. Findings from this study help identify where camp is particularly effective in promoting lasting outcomes and areas where camps may need more intentionality and resources.

Alumina powder containing δ , δ crystal phases (designated δAP) showed osteoconductivity. δAP was manufactured by fusing pulverized alumina powder and quenching it. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate osteoconductivity of δAP using rat tibiae. Alumina powder containing αcrystal phase (designated αAP) was used as a reference material. These two types of alumina powder were packed into the intramedullary canals of rat tibiae to evaluate osteoconductivity, as determined by an affinity index. Rats were sacrificed at 4 and 8 weeks after surgery. The affinity index, equal to the length of bone in direct contact with the powder surface expressed as a percentage of the total length of the powder surface, was calculated for each alumina powder at each interval. At 4 and 8 weeks, the affinity indices for δAP were significantly higher than those for αAP. For both δAP and αAP, there were no significant differences between the values for 4 and 8 weeks. This study revealed that the osteoconductivity of δAP was due to the alumina’s δcrystal phases. δAP shows promise as a basis for developing a osteoconductive biomaterial.

Previous research has indicated the majority of athlete alumni do not give charitable donations to their alma mater or athletics department. With over 4 million former National Collegiate Athletic Association student-athletes, these athlete alumni should have an inherent affinity for their athletics department. The purpose of this research study was to examine the relationship between a student-athlete career preparation program (“Career Program”) and athlete alumni affinity for the athletics department. This study uses the theoretical framework of Social Exchange Theory to examine if an athlete alumni’s affinity for their athletics department increases when they receive support for their career launch. The quantitative quasi-experimental study had two groups of athlete alumni, career program varsity athlete alumni and non-career program varsity athlete alumni, who graduated from one large, public university at the Football Championship Subdivision level. The intervention of the Career Program was provided to one group of athlete alumni. An athlete alumni affinity questionnaire was developed and administered to both groups. The questionnaire received a low response rate with 71 respondents. The Pearson chi-squared test did not show a relationship between athlete alumni affinity and the Career Program. There was no statistical difference indicated between the two groups for the five latent variables of (a) career preparedness, (b) communication, (c) connection, (d) student-athlete experience, and (e) undergraduate experience. Two athlete alumni affinity statements did show significance, and they were related to student-athletes developing a LinkedIn profile and professional resume.

Submitted by Marina Farias (mgmf@ufpa.br) on 2018-02-21T13:19:33Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_AgrupamentoFornosReducao.pdf: 6297988 bytes, checksum: 9e3c95180dbdfbdbc60f142c239aeb87 (MD5)<br>Approved for entry into archive by Marina Farias (mgmf@ufpa.br) on 2018-02-21T13:23:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_AgrupamentoFornosReducao.pdf: 6297988 bytes, checksum: 9e3c95180dbdfbdbc60f142c239aeb87 (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-21T13:23:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_AgrupamentoFornosReducao.pdf: 6297988 bytes, checksum: 9e3c95180dbdfbdbc60f142c239aeb87 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-11<br>O constante avanço da tecnologia requer medidas que beneficiem as indústrias em busca do lucro e da competitividade. Em relação à indústria de minerais, o processo de fundição de alumínio geralmente possui grande número de células, também chamado de forno ou cuba de redução, produzindo alumínio em um procedimento contínuo e complexo. Um monitoramento analítico é essencial para aumentar a vantagem competitiva dessa indústria, por exemplo, durante a operação, algumas células compartilham comportamentos semelhantes às outras, formando grupos ou clusters de células. Esses clusters dependem de padrões de dados geralmente implícitos ou invisíveis para a operação, mas que podem ser encontrados por meio da análise de dados. Neste trabalho, são apresentadas quatro técnicas de agrupamento, o Affinity Propagation, o mapa auto–organizável de Kohonen (SOM), o algoritmo difuso Fuzzy C–Means (FCM) e o K–Means. Essas técnicas são utilizadas para encontrar e agrupar as células que apresentam comportamentos semelhantes, de acordo com sete variáveis tais como as que consiste no processo de redução do alumínio. Este trabalho visa trazer o benefício do agrupamento, principalmente pela simplificação da análise da linha de produção do alumínio, uma vez que um grande número de células pode se resumir em um único grupo, o que pode fornecer informações mais compactas para o controle e a modelagem dos dados. Este benefício de identificar os dados que possuem características semelhantes e agrupá–los faz com que a análise dos grupos se torne mais simples para quem irá manusear esses dados futuramente. Nesse trabalho de dissertação também será feito a identificação da quantidade ideal de grupo em cada técnica utilizada.<br>The continuous development of technology accounts for measures that provide industries benefits to grant them profitability and competitive advantage. In the mineralogy field, aluminum smelting usually requires substantial number of cells, also known as reduction pots, to produce aluminum in a continuous and complex process. Analytical monitoring is essential for those industries’ competitive advantage, given that during operation some cells show behavior similar to others, thereby forming clusters of cells. These clusters depend on data patterns usually implicit or invisible for the operation, but can be found by data analysis techniques. In this work four clustering techniques are presented to that end: the Affinity Propagation; the Kohonen Self Organizing Map; the Fuzzy C–Means; and the K–Means Algorithm. These techniques are used to find and group cells that share similar behavior, by analysing seven variables which are closely related to the aluminum reduction process. This work aims at addressing the benefits of clustering, especially by simplifying the aluminum potline analysis, once a large group of cells might be summarized in one sole group, what can provide more compact yet rich information for data driven modeling and control. Moreover, the identification of similar data patterns in clusters makes the task of those who is going to be in charge of analyzing these dats. This work also identifies the ideal cluster size for each technique applied.