{"id":1313,"date":"2026-09-22T09:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/?post_type=alumni_update&#038;p=1313"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:17:48","slug":"alumni-engagement","status":"publish","type":"alumni_update","link":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/alumni-updates\/alumni-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dear Alumni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It gives me great pleasure to write this letter to share with you the school\u2019s initiatives to build an interactive platform to communicate with our Alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We currently have our Watershed College OOA Facebook page running where former students can connect and get updates on what is happening with alumni as well as the school (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2309820727\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2309820727\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also an active WhatsApp group created for the purpose of engagement similar to Facebook for all former students, for those that may not be very active on the Facebook platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the school is working on incorporating a platform on our website where Alumni can register and connect with their classmates. As we progress the platform will have the following features that will be beneficial to the Alumni members and College:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Groups &#8211; Set up according to year e.g. Class of 1987. A closed group where Alumni can interact with fellow Owls from their year, as well as a general page for all WC Students in years past.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Mentorship Program \u2013 Alumni can sign up to be a mentor or be mentored in a specific area of expertise, helping with career choices and job opportunities for high school Graduates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Photographs &#8211; Uploading your archive photos from your College days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Careers &#8211; Advertise any vacancies you may have in your organisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0Business Directory &#8211; Advertise your business to your fellow Alumni<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A dedicated page to Sports, past and present\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We would love for you to be a part of this fantastic network and stay connected with Watershed College. Please&nbsp;<strong>share your personal email ID<\/strong>&nbsp;so we can send you communications and our Quarterly Bulletin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are looking forward to years of networking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kind regards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fiona Benzon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Head<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It gives me great pleasure to write this letter to share with you the school\u2019s initiatives to build an interactive platform to communicate with our Alumni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1314,"template":"","class_list":["post-1313","alumni_update","type-alumni_update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OOA.jpg",800,500,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OOA-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OOA-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OOA-768x480.jpg",768,480,true],"large":["http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OOA.jpg",800,500,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OOA.jpg",800,500,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/OOA.jpg",800,500,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tendaii","author_link":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"It gives me great pleasure to write this letter to share with you the school\u2019s initiatives to build an interactive platform to communicate with our Alumni.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_update\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_update"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/alumni_update"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/139.84.241.235\/watershed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}