Building Alumni Programs

Ripon College recently filled two new alumni posts with college alumni. Larry Malchow ’77 has returned to his alma mater as the college’s director of alumni relations, the annual fund and parent programs and Margaret Kastein ’03 has been named assistant director of alumni relations.

Malchow’s main responsibilities concern the annual fund, specifically, working with the college’s advancement staff to design and implement strategies that facilitate better relationships with donors and marketing major initiatives. In addition to overseeing the annual fund, Malchow will plan alumni events and assist in recruiting and training alumni volunteers for a variety of programs. Malchow wants alumni to be involved in the College and strives toward “the overall goal of a more dynamic, more fun, more successful alumni program,” he says.

Malchow also plans to develop programs to foster better communication