Join the Dream Team

Alumni, faculty, staff, community members and other constituents may join.

No one can speak about their UNK experiences and love for UNK better than alumni and others who are closely affiliated with UNK. You can greatly influence a student’s college decision. Strong UNK enrollment means a strong institution that benefits everyone.

It won’t take much of your time. In fact, you may already be doing many things to promote UNK. We want DREAM Team members to be more intentional about speaking with prospective students. Can you make at least one student contact each month? To help us gather information, we may have you keep a log and/or provide student referrals. Can you recruit five more team members?

Reach out to students you already know from your family, friends, church, neighborhood, etc. Identify other students by reading your local newspaper or social media news forums (Facebook, Instagram) that publish the high school honor roll, or report on honors night, athletics, scouting, performing arts, 4-H and other student achievements. Focus on high school juniors and seniors, but also reach out to those who started college and did not finish, transfers and master’s candidates.

If you know the student, invite them to a casual lunch or coffee, or send a personal note or card via mail or email. If you don’t know them, make a social media connection via messaging capabilities on social networks.

You don’t need to know how to recruit. Just be yourself and tell them about your relationship with UNK. Ask students about their future plans and encourage them to visit campus. See our Dream Team Packet for more ways to connect. If they inquire about something you don’t know, contact our admissions team and we can provide the answers.

Like and follow our Facebook and Instagram accounts. At least once a week, comment on our posts, share our posts and use hashtags #BeBlueGoldBold, #GoLopers, #UNKLopers and #LifeAsALoper. Show your Loper pride by sharing throwback photos and memories of campus, homecoming, athletics, professors, classes, Louie, college friends, etc. Use UNK frames, avatars and photos. Show your Loper pride!

Yes! Go to UNK events such as athletics, lectures, fine and performing arts, etc., and take photos of yourself on campus and share on social media. Add a memory when you can.

Advocate for UNK via legislative support on budgets and special projects, write Letters to the Editor, and speak about UNK in your service and social club engagements.

Do you know students who have an interest in the same career path as you? Can you identify prospective students interested in those fields, perhaps through educators or peers? Are you willing to speak at a career day or career fair? Can students job-shadow you?

Proudly wear your UNK gear, fly a Loper flag and put Loper clings on your vehicles.

UNK publishes the Dean’s List at the end of each semester. Send a note, email or message to students from your hometown who are on the Dean’s List and congratulate them.

Read and share stories from unknews.unk.edu and UNK Today (alumni magazine). Participate in alumni events and invite others to join you. Anyone can be involved in the UNK Alumni Association. It’s free to join.