Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:54:42 -0400 To: "Jagruti Patel" From: Alison Donta-Venman Subject: Mount Holyoke checking in Dear Jagruti, I am writing to invite you to participate in the Alumnae Survey being conducted by Mount Holyoke College and the Alumnae Association in conjunction with the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE). You and the other members of the Class of have been chosen to share your thoughts on your experience at Mount Holyoke as well as to update us on your life post-graduation. We value the thoughts of our alumnae and your opinion is critical to Mount Holyoke's on-going planning and evaluation process. Our participation through COFHE also provides us with the opportunity to compare Mount Holyoke to other similar institutions. Mount Holyoke last conducted an Alumnae Survey through COFHE four years ago and it is important that we revisit alumnae opinion on a regular basis. The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. To access the survey, please go to the following personal survey URL: The data from this survey -- and from all surveys administered in our Office of Institutional Research -- remain strictly confidential. The information obtained from this survey will be used in combination with information that is currently on file at Mount Holyoke. Identification of your unique URL will permit us to avoid sending you a reminder email once you complete the survey. Neither identifiable personal information nor your identifiable responses to survey questions will become part of the reporting from this survey. Only aggregate data are reported. If you have any immediate questions or concerns, please contact me directly and I will be more than happy to assist you. Thank you in advance for your time and willingness to share your thoughts. Alison Donta-Venman Director of Institutional Research Mount Holyoke College 413-538-3143 adonta@mtholyoke.edu http://www.mtholyoke.edu/go/iresearch