ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS July 1, 2021
June 30, 2022
In the last year, with your support, the Florida State University Alumni Association has had the privilege to share university successes, celebrate our graduates and connect with alumni and friends wherever they call home.
From seeing the looks of pride on graduating seniors’ faces as we handed them their honor cords to celebrating the fastest-growing FSU alumni-owned or led businesses at the 5th anniversary of the Seminole 100, this year, we were honored to fulfill our mission of advancing our university’s greatness while enriching the lives of the Seminole family.
FSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION YEAR IN REVIEW EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING
387,362 living alumni
12,506
degrees awarded in FY ’21-’22 Bachelor’s Master’s Doctoral Specialist JD MD
8,638 3,046 436 51 216 119
2,990 27
2010s 25.13% 1980s 11.54% 1950s 1.5%
2000s 20.77% 1970s 11.21% <1950 0.63%
events
33
20 women-owned or led businesses 12 minority-owned or led businesses 5 veteran-owned or led businesses 15 states represented
2
Hosted career services webinars
41,056 Emeritus Alumni
(graduated 50 or more years ago)
10.60% of living alumni
30
Celebrated alumni during awards and recognitions events
#1
= > 75 - 6.96% 65-74 - 12.18%
#2
55-64 - 12.79% 45-54 - 16.78%
#3
35-44 - 20.19% 25-34 - 21.91% 17-24 - 5.72% Unknown - 3.47%
alumni under the age of 35
29.81% of living alumni
165
people became members after attending an FSU Alumni Association event
ALUMNI POPULATIONS TOP 5 BY STATE
ALUMNI BY AGE
115,491
event attendees
Average age of attendees is
ALUMNI BY CLASS YEAR 2020s 7.01% 1990s 16.72% 1960s 5.49%
This year we partnered with the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship to host the 5th anniversary of Seminole 100, a celebration of the fastest-growing FSU alumni-owned or alumni-led companies.
#4
#5
FLORIDA
TOP 5 BY FLORIDA COUNTY 235,326 65.23%
GEORGIA
22,161
6.14%
NORTH CAROLINA
10,296
2.85%
TEXAS
9,388
2.60%
CALIFORNIA
9,118
2.53%
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5
LEON BROWARD MIAMI-DADE
43,841 18.63% 18,256 7.76% 15,137 6.43%
HILLSBOROUGH 15,030 6.39% PALM BEACH 14,783 6.28%
#1
#4 #2
#5 #3
8
500+
volunteers in leadership roles including National Board of Directors, Student Alumni Association, Seminole Clubs® and Chapters and Affinity Networks.
Affinity Networks
$24,211
A record-breaking was raised in support of projects spearheaded by Alumni Association Affinity Networks during 2022’s Great Give event.
The Alumni Association, in conjunction with its Seminole Clubs® and Chapters and Affinity Networks
150 $186,000
awarded scholarships to over totaling more than
7 1,160
53 21 22
Gave
Seminole Clubs®
Hosted events for SAA members and FSU students
Seminole Chapters
and
in
attendees
states
FSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AT-A-GLANCE
23,718 Birth Certificate
members
LIFE FIVE-YEAR ANNUAL STUDENT
11,237 1,533 8,726 2,222
$50K
to establish the Alumni Association Meeting Room in the new FSU Student Union that will provide a space for alumni and students to gather for generations to come. A TESTAMENT TO MEMBER GENEROSITY
$
$
Member giving to the university totaled
$
$26,053,739 (outright gifts and pledge payments)
an over $4.9 M increase from FY ’20-’21
The OLDEST Annual Member was born in 1920 and the YOUNGEST was born in 2004 .
$880,729
TOP 5 MEMBER POPULATIONS BY STATE
#1 FLORIDA #2 GEORGIA #3 NORTH CAROLINA #4 TEXAS 68.10%
students
6.81%
3.13%
2.82%
#5 VIRGINIA 2.22%
or 51.99% of the $1,693,923 raised during the FSU Foundation’s 24 hour Great Give were contributions made by FSU Alumni Association members.
FSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION YEAR IN REVIEW COMMUNICATIONS SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS
27,802
18,450
8,128
INSTAGRAM TOP POST
17,782
POPULAR PODCAST
362,333
engagements across social media platforms
an over
80%
increase from FY ’20-’21
EPISODE 204, CHAD MATTHEWS, FLYING HIGH CIRCUS One of the most-listened-to episodes of Season 2 of our podcast, Echoes, was our interview with alumnus Chad Matthews (B.S. ’98, M.S.’03), director of the FSU Flying High Circus. He sat down with us before the celebration of the circus’ 75th anniversary to discuss the program’s history, his time as a student and all things “Flying High.”
SEE YOU SOON, FSU! With over 2,900 likes on Instagram, this post wishing the FSU family a safe and restful winter holiday, that included a photo looking west down College Avenue toward the Westcott Building, is proof positive that Noles near and far never tire of seeing a beautiful view of campus.
LINKEDIN TOP POST
VIRES® MAGAZINE
One of our top LinkedIn posts highlighted FSU football player and Rhodes Scholar Dr. Myron Rolle (B.S. ’08, M.D. ’17), who published his first book, The 2% Way. It is a memoir and self-improvement book that shows how a mindset of incremental improvements can lead to achieving a larger goal and a life of purpose and meaning.
Each issue of of our biannual VIRES® magazine was mailed to
17,000+
member households. The magazine shares FSU news and celebrates the successes of the university, its alumni and current students.
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