Our new Outreach & Events Manager, Gillian Cobb, has been hard at work getting to know the department, and finding ways to connect with you, our wonderful alumni community. Below you’ll find a few new ways to engage with the department, other alumni, and graduating students!
- Grow your UW COM Network on LinkedIn!
Whether you are a current student or an alum, updating your “Education” section on LinkedIn to fully reflect your Communication degree allows other alumni users to connect easily, and helps the official Department of Communication page to reflect our 20000+ alumni members. The Department wants to know what you are up to, and we want you to stay connected to the COMMunity! To learn how to update your LinkedIn page, visit our step-by-step guide, here.
- Volunteer to share your skills or knowledge with students!
Now more than ever, professional and career development opportunities are essential for UW Communication students to stand out in the job market as they begin their career journey. Alumni support is a key component of UW Communication’s Career Kickstart program. We invite you to volunteer your time and expertise through workplace tours, career panels, or professional development workshops. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the interest form located here. If you are looking for this form at a later date, you can always find it at https://com.uw.edu/alumni/get-involved/. Providing your information does not obligate you to volunteering.
- Share a congratulations message with our 2025 graduates!
As our 2025 graduates anxiously await this year’s commencement ceremony on June 10, we invite you, our wonderful alumni, to help us welcome the newest members to the UW Department of Communication alumni network. We invite you to share your encouragement, well wishes, and wisdom to the 2025 graduating class! Please fill out this form by June 3, 2025 with your short message of congratulations, encouragement, advice, or welcome to the alumni community! These messages will be displayed in the student slideshow during our 2025 commencement ceremony.
Stay connected with us! We have exciting things in store as we continue to build our alumni community, and we are so grateful for your continued support. As always, if you have questions on how to get involved or suggestions, please reach out to Gillian Cobb at ghcobb@uw.edu, or visit the UW Communication Alumni page here. This page is regularly updated with ways to get involved, our quarterly alumni newsletter, information about the Alumni Hall of Fame, and your Com Career stories.
