{"id":63443,"date":"2013-03-12T13:40:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T17:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=63443"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:19:56","slug":"aoc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/admin\/advancement\/aoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Online Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Staff, Departments, Alumni, Guests<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>No charge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>The Alumni Online Community is BU&#8217;s official website for facilitating interaction between the BU alumni community and the University. Alumni may network and contact other alumni, update personal information, or review and register for upcoming events.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>The Alumni Online Community is the primary interface for most alumni to keep in touch with their alma mater and fellow alumni. Alumni can make direct donations online. They can also update their personal information, which is then synchronized with our Blackbaud Enterprise Customer Relationship System.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitates secure online donations<\/li>\n<li>Allows alumni to maintain and view online directory information<\/li>\n<li>Makes it easy to network with other alumni<\/li>\n<li>Provides event registration and management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Beginning with the class of 2010,\u00a0alumni will retain their <em>login@bu.edu<\/em> email address, which provides automatic access to the Alumni Online Community.\u00a0All other alumni will need to set up a BU Google account and password.\u00a0To initiate the account, please complete this <a href=\"https:\/\/trusted.bu.edu\/s\/1759\/2-bu\/19\/1col.aspx?sid=1759&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=7483&amp;cid=14354\">form<\/a> To learn more about BU alumni benefits please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/\">BU Alumni &amp; Friends<\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li>Access to the Web<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Review <a title=\"Alumni Account Information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/admin\/dar\/aoc\/alumni\/\">Alumni Account Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/services\/\" title=\"Alumni Online Community\">Alumni Online Community<\/a> on the Web<\/li>\n<li>Set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/\">Alumni Online Community<\/a> account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alumni Online Community is BU\u2019s official website for facilitating interactions with and amongst BU alumni. Alumni may network and contact other alumni, update personal information, support BU with a gift, or review and register for upcoming events&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1303,"featured_media":0,"parent":48438,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63443"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160592,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63443\/revisions\/160592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}