{"id":62866,"date":"2010-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/wakefield-resident-honored-by-national-education-advancement-group\/"},"modified":"2010-02-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T00:00:00","slug":"wakefield-resident-honored-by-national-education-advancement-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/02\/wakefield-resident-honored-by-national-education-advancement-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakefield resident honored by national education advancement group"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I.\u2014February 15, 2010\u2014He\u2019s run six successful multi-million dollar campaigns, infused alumni with energy and enthusiasm and strengthened marketing efforts everywhere he has been.<\/p>\n


\n\tDespite tumultuous changes in higher education, Wakefield\u2019s Robert M. Beagle, vice president for University Advancement at the 溏心vlog免费B站, has been successful in fund-raising, alumni relations and marketing for 30 years.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Council for Advancement and Support of Education recognized Beagle for these accomplishments by presenting him its Quarter Century Circle Award during ceremonies in Boston.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe field of advancement is all about the people,\u201d said Beagle, who has been at 溏心vlog免费B站 since 1991. \u201cSuccess in this field is always related to the people with whom you surround yourself, whether they be staff or volunteers. I\u2019ve been lucky to have hired many good people and have worked hard to retain those people.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHe established successful advancement programs as vice president at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania and vice chancellor for the Minnesota State University System. No matter where he\u2019s been he has stayed true to this mantra: \u201cIf you don\u2019t enjoy people, then this is probably not a good field for you.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIn his role at 溏心vlog免费B站, he oversees the departments of Advancement Services, Alumni Relations, Communications and Marketing, Publications and Creative Services and Public Programming and Events. He is also serving as the transition officer for David M. Dooley, who is in his first year as 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s president.<\/p>\n


\n\tAt 溏心vlog免费B站, he has directed building and endowment campaigns. The most notable have been the Commitment to Quality, the University\u2019s first comprehensive campaign, which raised $67 million by 1997, $17 million more than the initial goal; the campaigns for The Thomas M. Ryan Center and Ballentine Hall, as well as the first several years of the current $100 million Making a Difference Campaign.<\/p>\n


\n\tHeavily involved in improving marketing efforts during each of his three vice presidencies, he is now overseeing 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s five-year, “Think Big. We Do.\u201d branding initiative.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe also focuses on alumni communications and programming, believing that connected alumni are at the heart of everything being done in institutional advancement.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIn this field, you have to be able to motivate people, and make your agenda clear,\u201d Beagle said. \u201cBut you can\u2019t micro-manage. You have to let good people do their work. You have to be able to adapt to changes at your school, among your staff and among your volunteers.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBeagle has been a contributor to numerous CASE books and articles. He has spoken at CASE district and national conferences, served as a CASE faculty member and chaired a national conference on the relationships between athletic fund-raising and overall advancement.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe is also an adjunct faculty member in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Communication Studies Department, where he teaches organizational communication.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe counts his CASE Award and being named Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Distinguished Teaching Chair in 1976 among his most meaningful awards.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor Beagle, however, the bottom line in advancement is simple and it\u2019s not about money or recognition.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe get to work with good people who do good things for others,\u201d Beagle said. \u201cWe get to do things that really make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Council for Advancement and Support of Education is a professional association serving educational institutions and the advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing and allied areas.<\/p>\n


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\nBIG NIGHT: Robert M. Beagle, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s vice president for Advancement, pauses for a photo with Lisa Lewis, CASE District Board member and Alumni Association executive director of the University of Connecticut, during award ceremonies in Boston, during which Beagle was presented the CASE Quarter Century Circle Award. Photo courtesy of CASE.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.\u2014February 15, 2010\u2014He\u2019s run six successful multi-million dollar campaigns, infused alumni with energy and enthusiasm and strengthened marketing efforts everywhere he has been. Despite tumultuous changes in higher education, Wakefield\u2019s Robert M. Beagle, vice president for University Advancement at the 溏心vlog免费B站, has been successful in fund-raising, alumni relations and marketing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}