Caitlin Tramel ‘06

Director of Alumni Affairs, The Cooper Union

After working in higher education for five years, Caitlin concluded that she needed a master’s degree to be competitive in the marketplace. “I wanted to reach that next level,” she says, “and I knew a graduate degree would help me get there.” She decided to enroll in the Administration of Higher Education program at Suffolk while keeping her full-time job in alumni relations at Harvard.

“My Suffolk experience was phenomenal,” explains Caitlin. While a student services class taught her the nuts and bolts of working in the field, classes in subjects such as finance and enrollment planning gave Caitlin the foundation needed to evaluate higher education issues from multiple perspectives.

That broad based approach continues to aid Caitlin in her current position as Director of Alumni Affairs at The Cooper Union in New York City.

“A lot of schools talk about change,” she says, “but this really is a period of huge transition for us. The skills I honed at Suffolk have enabled me to contribute to building the school’s future during this unique time of change. It’s incredibly rewarding.”