Volunteer Opportunities
The Herd in Your Neighborhood—Host a WPI Alumni Event in Your Area
The Alumni Association, in partnership with the Office of Lifetime Engagement, has made it easy for you to host a WPI alumni gathering. Email alumni-office@wpi.edu to host The Herd in Your Neighborhood, and the Alumni Association will send you a Host box with event supplies and giveaways, as well as provide some financial support, to help you make your gathering fit for The Herd. The Office of Lifetime Engagement will help you secure a location (if needed), set up a registration form and track responses, and send the invitations and promote your gathering.
Be a WPI Advocate
WPI Advocates promote giving days, Goat Nation Giving Challenge, and our crowdfunding campaigns led by students and faculty. As an Advocate, you help connect alumni to the student organizations and projects, and faculty research causes and inspire other alumni to support WPI. We make this an easy and fun way for you to stay involved with your alma mater.
Alumni Affinity Groups
The Alumni Association, in partnership with the Office of Lifetime Engagement, supports several Alumni Affinity Groups to meet the interests and needs of our alumni community. GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade), WPI Voyagers, Student Alumni Society, and The Women of WPI hold events for alumni, provide ways to connect and network, and offer opportunities to get involved as a volunteer. Learn more about each group here.
Class Reunions
Our statistics prove that messages and social media posts from you are the best way to encourage your friends and classmates to attend class reunions and WPI events. As a WPI Reunion Advocate, you’ll receive support from the Office of Lifetime Engagement that will make this activity fun and easy. You’ll also receive WPI swag when you come to campus for your Reunion.
Sponsor a Student Project
By sponsoring a project, your company engages the fresh perspective of a dedicated student team - employing the most recent, state-of-the-art techniques, practices, and theories - guided by top-notch faculty, to tackle pressing business challenges. Our records show that ideas presented by WPI students translate into tangible solutions for project sponsors, and returns on investment well exceed initial costs. Projects can also be a unique opportunity to screen for future talent.
Recruit, Hire, and Help WPI Students Launch Their Careers
Working with the Heebner Career Development Center, you can encourage your company to recruit at WPI, hire our students for co-ops or internships, offer informational interviews to students, and provide feedback to students on their resumes. If you're interested in being a volunteer with the CDC let us know!
More Volunteer Opportunities
There are many other ways to volunteer for WPI. The office of Lifetime Engagement, as well as academic departments and programs, are often seeking alumni to serve as:
- Panelists
- Guest Speakers
- Great Problems Seminar (GPS) Judges
- Corporate and Professional Education Liasisons
Interested in getting more involved with your alma mater?
Contact Alumni Relations at alumni-office@wpi.edu or 508-831-5600.