{"id":19419,"date":"2017-09-26T16:44:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T21:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/?page_id=19419"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:41:36","slug":"how-do-you-use-the-online-st-olaf-alumni-directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/networking-guide\/how-do-you-use-the-online-st-olaf-alumni-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you use the online St. Olaf Alumni Directory?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>You can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/apps\/alumni-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Olaf Alumni Directory<\/a> to find alumni in fields and careers that interest you.<\/p>\n<p>You can search for<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alumni in your location<\/li>\n<li>Alumni with majors or interests similar to yours<\/li>\n<li>Alumni that work in industries that you would like to explore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you contact alumni, let them know<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That you are a St. Olaf student who has access to the online Alumni Directory. \u00a0Alumni want to know how you came across their name<\/li>\n<li>That you are a student in a particular class year<\/li>\n<li>That you are majoring in a particular subject<\/li>\n<li>That you are calling for a particular purpose, which you will share<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To search the St. Olaf Alumni Directory<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search for all names that begin with the information entered<br \/>\n<em>If you enter \u201cOls,\u201d for example, you will be given both \u201cOlsen\u201d and \u201cOlson\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Search for a place of employment, graduate institution, or degree by entering variations of the term that you think you want<br \/>\n<em>If you want to find \u201cMaster of Arts degree,\u201d for example, you may also want to try \u201cMA,\u201d an abbreviation for \u201cMaster of Arts\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each search will pull a random sample of alumni fitting the search criteria and will produce a maximum listing of 50 alumni.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in contacting someone from the list, you can click on the name to get contact information.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn--lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/apps\/alumni-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The St. Olaf Alumni Directory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/how-to-guides\/networking-guide\/how-do-you-network-in-a-professional-and-courteous-way\/\">How do you network in a professional and courteous way?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the St. Olaf Alumni Directory to find alumni in fields and careers that interest you. You can search for Alumni in your location Alumni with majors or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8275,"featured_media":0,"parent":17167,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19419"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41133,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19419\/revisions\/41133"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}