Mission Statement
The purpose of CANCO is to bring together alumni for the goal of creating intercollegiate unity, networking, friendship, and pride for every alumni association in Central Ohio.
History
CANCO was started in 2006 by University of Cincinnati alum Joe Henderson. Joe got the idea to start a collegiate alumni network in Central Ohio after living in Washington, DC for several years and joining a hugely successful network of over 250 alumni chapters in DC called the Collegiate Alumni Network (CAN).
Like CAN, CANCO is an organization composed of local alumni chapters- now thirteen from around the Central Ohio area. Every month members of these chapters meet for the purpose of sharing information, networking and planning collaborative events in order to make their respective alumni chapters more valuable to their members.
So far, CANCO has sponsored an intracolligiate volleyball tournament and a speed networking event. CANCO also continues to support individual alumni chapter events by allowing its leaders and members to share information about these events during meetings, through email exchanges, and via the web. Some chapters have even left meetings with ideas to collaborate on chapter events.
As it continues to build its members and organization's leaders, CANCO will be hosting and sponsoring a variety of programming in the future including ongoing intracollegiate athletic leagues and tournaments, networking events, civic engagement projects, and professional development activities.
Leadership
The following committees have been established to offer CANCO members the opportunity for leadership in building successful alumni chapters.
Civic Engagement: Provides support for alumni groups who are developing ongoing community-oriented/volunteer events. Contact David Boroi.
Marketing: Responsible for expanding membership, maintaining an ongoing relationship with current membership, and serves as a point of contact for all alumni chapters seeking assistance in becoming involved in CANCO as well as provides guidance for alumni groups who need assistance in maintaining and expanding their own membership. Contact Nicole Reinbolt.
Social: Plans CANCO social events and provides guidance and resources for alumni groups needing help creating their own events and serves as a liaison between CANCO and social organizations. Contact Courtney Gleason.
Athletics: Provides support for the sports leagues, such as softball and flag football, it establishes in order to provide alumni groups with the opportunity to compete with each other in a fair and competitive environment. Contact Duke Burns.
Professional: Develops events and activities designed to help alumni chapters help members to develop personally and professionally. Contact Beth Ullery.
For more information on how to join CANCO, please contact Joe Henderson or send us some basic information so we can add you and your alumni chapter to our database.