RRS_Series: Alumni

Activity
IV.11. FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE/Fundraising and Development
Series Name
Alumni
Series ID
411-40-110
Description

Document the activities of the university or its units in creating and sustaining alumni relationships.  
These records found in all media (paper, digital, or other) may include but are not limited to:

  • memberships lists with names, addresses, employer names and addresses, and positions;
  • minutes, by-laws and directories of clubs in cities throughout the United States and abroad; 
  • promotional materials concerning annual gatherings; 
  • homecoming and other milestone events plans and programs; 
  • data related to individual alumni; 
  • degree recipient lists; 
  • outstanding alumni lists; 
  • student leader lists; 
  • class officer lists; 
  • relationship, activity and engagement data related to the UO;
  • international student rosters and alumni club documentation; 
  • related documentation of interactions and correspondence, including e-mail. 
Retention and Disposal Instructions

(a) Units holding alumni records should transfer them to University Advancement;

(b) individual benefactors and prospective donors' information; relationship, activity and engagement data related to the UO, permanent;  

(c) all other records; 10 years, unless administrative need persists, purge. 

Exception: In the event of a subpoena, audit, legal hold, public records or similar state or federal information request, halt until further instructed any scheduled disposal activities, including purging or transferring material to University Archives.