Many thanks to those of you who filled in the digital Alumni Survey we sent out last March! We saw a 9.01% response rate, with 374 respondents. Some response highlights that may interest you include:
The top three career fields in which young KIN alumni work are:
- Healthcare (35.6%)
- Administration (14.4%)
- Academics (research & post-secondary education) (9.1%)
The top three career fields in which senior KIN alumni are working are:
- Teaching (elementary, middle, and secondary school) (23.7%)
- Healthcare (17.2%)
- Administration (13.6%)
Over all degree years:
- 50.5% or all KIN alum pursued post-graduate degrees
- Young Alumni, who graduated within the last 10 years, have a record high of up to 71% pursuing post graduate degrees in a given degree year
Top three areas you told us you are interested in learning about the School are:
- Current research/project grants
- Alumni & School events
- Alumni profiles
The top three areas in which you said would like to be involved in the School are:
- Mentor with the KIN mentorship program
- Guest-speaker in classes/on panels
- Alumni focus/advisory groups
We were happy to learn that many of you are philanthropists who donate to a variety of different charities and causes, including the health sector, athletics and education. Surprisingly, we learned that only 13% of our alumni give to the School of Kinesiology. We hope that we can convince some of you to see the value in donating directly to the School by learning about some of the innovations and masterful teachings that KIN contributes to Health, Athletics, and education, making it top in its field in the world!
In each newsletter, we will be informing you about stories that we hope will fill your heart with pride and some that will allow you to see the importance of your donations for life-changing things like scholarships for students in need, furnishings for student lounges, equipment for labs, and funding for seed projects to show proof of need, that allow our faculty to then apply for research grants. Help us to bring Kinesiology into the forefront of society and teach people how fundamental the study of movement is to so many aspects of our lives: sports, medicine, psychology, skills acquisition, human development, we could go on…We are looking for sponsors of the new future alumni program, the young alumni program and donations for new teaching space.