Alumni

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Provide internships, recruit students, guest lecture, share career insights, host events, and find career opportunities.

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Support ILR

Advance ILR by designating your donation to a specific initiative; help ILR attract the brightest students, sustain excellence, and ensure students are prepared for the global world of work.

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Students impact around the world

Your Impact

ILR Alumni make all the difference. They help internationalize ILR, remove barriers to employment, help students gain valuable research experience, and even transform a city.

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Three alumni catch up at ILR's 2018 reunion

Join us for Reunion 2019

Reconnect with classmates at reunion events organized especially for ILR alumni.

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2020 Groat and Alpern Awards

This year we honor Kathleen Weslock, MILR ‘83 and Barry Beck, B.S. ‘90 for their professional accomplishments and outstanding service and support to the ILR School. The celebration will take place on Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 6 to 9 p.m.

Whether pursuing a traditional ILR career or another path, the mission of the ILR School - "Advancing the World of Work" - touches all of the alumni. You help expand ILR's reach through your diverse careers. As ambassadors, you are telling the world about the ILR School every day.

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Dick Fincher

Fincher was the first in his family to go to college. He credits his ILR degree with giving him confidence and critical thinking skills. Since graduation, he has had four distinct careers, all related to ILR.

The Human Element

People make the difference in business, says YES Network CEO Tracy Dolgin '81, 2012 Alpern Award winner.

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