Phone-a-thon is a major part of the Annual Fund campaign to raise unrestricted money for CSU. From January through April, for almost 16 weeks, students will call as many of the 10,000-plus CSU alumni across the country as possible to ask for their support of the Annual Fund.
When students call, they have four goals:
1) To verify as much alumni information as possible to strengthen the alumni database – name changes, new addresses, e-mails, etc.
2) To expand the base of support and get as many alumni as possible to participate
3) To ask each alumnus to give a gift of any amount
4) To answer questions from alumni about what’s going on around campus or what changes have happened to an academic program
Students call Monday through Thursday nights, from 6:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. We can’t make international calls, but we do call west coast, Alaskan and Hawaiian alumni. All students are trained, and compete for prizes throughout the night for the most successful calls, biggest pledges, most “no’s” or other mini-contests that keep the energy pumping.
Alumni are welcome to join in the fun too. If you’re living in the Charleston metro area and would like the chance to talk with old classmates, contact the alumni office and we’ll let you know the calling schedule for the dates you’re available.
Charleston Southern University Alumni Office
Direct line: (843) 863-7516
E-mail: alumni@csuniv.edu 
