Volunteer to help Richmond

Supporting Richmond through Volunteering

As a Richmond graduate, you are a member of a unique group of more than 5,000 talented alumni worldwide. One way to reconnect with London and Richmond, to add value to Richmond today, and to get to know your fellow alums is by volunteering to help the University. You can support our prospective students as they apply to attend Richmond, help recent graduates as they return home to start their careers, assist local alumni events, liaise with your classmates to help the Alumni Relations Office. In each of these roles, you will help to shape and develop Richmond’s future.

Volunteer to participate in one of the opportunities below. They are all mutually rewarding.

Mentor a recent graduate

Playing a role as Mentor to a recent graduate or new alumnus/a is an important way to help a Richmond student get started in his/her career. A mentor is “an experienced and trusted adviser” to a new alumnus/a. Richmond’s mentoring programme is structured in such a way as to foster a trusting relationship providing the Mentee with guidance, support and encouragement to help develop his/her options after graduation and in a career.

Want to help a new graduate begin a career? Click here

Serve as an Alumni Representative

Alumni can help Richmond to enhance and develop the multi national Richmond community on and off campus, by volunteering for the role of Alumni Representative in your local community. Alumni Reps work either with the Office of Admissions and/or the Alumni Relations Office. Each Rep is featured on the web site so that alumni and interested students are able to contact you.

Join your local Alumni Leadership Committee

You can join or set up a local Alumni Leadership Committees (ALC) in your area to develop local activities and to give feedback to the Alumni Relations Office. You will work with fellow alumni to establish an active local Alumni Committee.

Want to know more about the set up of local ALCs? Click here.

Be your Class Representative

This role is for the alumnus/a who likes to be in touch with his/her classmates all over the world and to catch up on their news. He/she will work with the Alumni Relations Office to assist with gathering information for Class Notes and Professional Updates. Communicating to the University the ideas, attitudes and questions from fellow class members is also an important aspect of this role.

Interested in being the liaison between your alumni classmates and Richmond?

Other ways to support Richmond

Campus Talks and Panel Discussions

Students benefit from hearing the experiences of alummi in their field, as they can more easily imagine themselves in your shoes. When alumni come to campus to participate in Career Panels, seminar talks, presentations about your profession are opportunities curent students greatly benefit.

Email us at alumni@richmond.ac.uk if you are willing to come and speak on campus. We look forward to welcoming you back.

Internships

Richmond's unique International Internship Program provides significant work experience for credit for undergraduate students. Juniors and Seniors are available to work in the semester/term periods (Fall, Spring and Summer) for academic credit. Valuable support and project work can be accomplished by a bright and eager undergraduaqte. If you or your company would like to offer an internship to a Richmond undergraduate, please let us know by sending an e-mail.

Email alumni@richmond.ac.uk if you would like to have an intern in your office.