STC OBA re-launches website with new Alumni Portal
View(s):The Old Boys’ Association (OBA) of S. Thomas’ College (STC), Mt. Lavinia, re-launched their website with a new Alumni Portal, at the 2018 Batch Heads’ Dinner Ceremony hosted by the Warden, at the College Hall on August 3. It was attended by representatives of Class groups and other Alumni groups of the College and the OBA Executive Committee.
The Chief Guest at the ceremony was Nanda Fernando, CEO of Sampath Bank Ltd., the exclusive event partner. The new Alumni Portal, powered by Vaave Alumni platform, enables its members to engage with one another and leverage the power of the entire Alumni network. It also facilitates collaboration between the membership and the OBA in student development and other OBA projects.
The Alumni Portal is rich in features, such as Newsrooms, Facebook-like Discussion forums, Job Portals, Event Management capabilities, Mentoring programmes for students and young old boys, and will soon boast even an online store for STC souvenirs and memorabilia.
The Alumni Portal will also enable members to maintain rich member profiles, which will facilitate targeted communications and fast search for the OBA, while providing state-of-the art security, for strict privacy of personal information. Members can also self-determine the level of visibility for (each attribute of) their personal information, to their batch mates and the broader membership.
The Alumni portal also has separate sections for Class Groups, Overseas Chapters and Special Interest Groups, providing a unified platform for Alumni from different vintages, geographies and interests to come together, while maintaining their unique identities and interests.
STC Old boys who wish to join the Alumni network, may do so by visiting the website: www.stcmloba.com and follow the links to “Register” or “Join Network”. Upon registering to the portal, old boys, who are registered members of the OBA, should contact the portal administrator (online) and provide your OBA membership number, to gain full access to the portal’s features.
Speaking at the occasion, STC Warden Rev. Marc Billimoria stated that the Alumni Portal would be an ideal platform to enable the OBA to live up to the original objectives of Warden Miller, who first established the OBA, “with a view to strengthening ties, which should bind a man to the place where, it is hoped, he has learned some of the most valuable lessons of life. Such a society in connection with S. Thomas’ College would, I think, promote this desirable result, while it would have a further very beneficial effect, as a means of giving lads (old boys) a sort of rallying point. They would be more likely to come under good influence. They would be less liable to get lost sight of”.