FUND RAISING
Fundraising is a product of well planned, managed, coordinated and sustained activities of mobilization, engagement and involvement of stakeholders in the development of the University.
The primary function of the Development Office is the management and coordination of private fundraising for the University from a broad spectrum of internal and external constituencies; in addition, it takes care of the Universities Public Relations and Alumni relations.
The function of the development office revolves around the Alumni relations. In specific terms, the functions of the Development office revolve around the following:-
* Planned Giving: This involves the coordination of donations through trusts, property, sponsorship etc.
* Annual Funds: Entails involving the Alumni Association in generating funds through gifts, campaigns, chapter's re-union etc on annual basis.
* Advancement Service: Covers a wide range of programmes aimed at sustaining and promoting awareness and support from internal and external stakeholders.
* Donor Prospect Services: Deals with ensuring proper donor recognition and monitoring a system of effective stewardship to donors of major gifts to the University.
* Corporate and Foundations Relations: Has to do with the coordination of corporate and foundation giving to the University.
* Communications and Marketing: Deals with the development and implementation of communication for case support of Bayero University and its academic priorities.
* Endowment: is a coordinated programmes of activities aimed at nurturing and generating philanthropic support for the educational mission of the institution. The proceeds could be invested to generate more funds.
ALUMNI RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Alumni Relations and Communications functions of the Advancement Office are geared towards increased alumni and stakeholder's participation in the affairs of the University. They are equally aimed at creating a donor prospect database with a view to improving the support/income mobilization drive of the Advancement Office and University.
Specifically, alumni relations is a process of identifying the intersection of the University interests and the interests of its former students and then expanding that common ground through meaningful engagement over time.The Development Directorate promotes good relationship with the University's former students and the development of Alumni Association and its branches across the nation. The Broad aim is to Encourage Alumni Participation in the University by stimulating and developing programmes and activities of all chapters of the Alumni Associations, while the specific objectives are:
* To assist in the formation and operations of the Alumni association of the University and its branches;
* To guide, regulate and advice on the activities of Bayero University Alumni Associations;
* To serve as a link between the Universities’s Authorities and the Alumni Associations
* To cultivate and stimulate the culture of home coming and giving back to the Alma-mater and
* To foster and maintain closer relationship and mutual understanding between Alumni Association, Management, staff and students of Bayero University, Kano.