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Throughout September and October 2019, a group of enthusiastic current students will be calling 30,000 alumni around the world to start a conversation. They will be calling to reconnect you with your alma mater, update contact and professional details.

For current students, speaking with alumni is an invaluable opportunity to garner meaningful study and career advice. For alumni, it’s a personal way for you to hear about developments across the University, learn about upcoming alumni events, share stories about your time here, and hear first-hand how your engagement and support directly impacts the future of our current students.

During the calls, students will also be inviting you to make a gift to our student support and scholarship funds, including a new scholarship fund for students from refugee backgrounds. Last year, our passionate students successfully raised over $60,000 to help talented minds who, because of financial hardship, may not otherwise be able to undertake a university degree.

Klara Kissova is one such student whose life has been touched by your kindness.

"I had held my breath in nervousness as I opened the scholarship results e-mail and once I did I could not believe my eyes when I saw I was awarded one. Without the Alumni Scholarship, study would not have been possible at all in my current financial and family situation. I am now even more motivated to complete my future medical study at the University of Auckland.

To all who have made generous donations to the Alumni Fund and to all the people who take their time to make this scholarship possible, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have not only put a joyous smile on my face, but have also made the next course of my life possible."

Thank you for taking the time to speak with our students – they look forward to speaking with you soon!