Support Business at Marquette

College of Business Administration Funding Priorities

As the College of Business Administration establishes new directions for the next 100 years, we have created a set of funding priorities for our students, faculty, programs and learning environment that support growth and innovation in research, teaching, and outreach. Your support of our students, faculty, and programs and centers will help us to build on our strengths, seek new market opportunities, and continue to add value to the business community.

Students

The College’s emphasis on applied learning and relevant research is designed to attract competitive and highly motivated students to Marquette and to business.

Opportunities to Support Faculty

Endowed Chairs or Professorships
Endowed chairs and professorships are among the highest honors the University can bestow on a faculty member. They attract top scholars and educators. Donors may establish endowed chairs or professorships in their own name or in the name of others whom they wish to honor.

Big Ideas – Faculty Innovation Fund
The Big Ideas fund was established to provide faculty with a financial stipend and / or release time to explore ideas which are game-changing, innovative and support new directions for the College that are responsive to the needs of business. Competitive grants are awarded annually to faculty members who have innovative ideas about how to expand research, teaching and learning, or business outreach.

Faculty Scholar or Teaching Awards
These awards recognize faculty for achievement in research and teaching activities. The award can bear the donor’s name and be directed to a particular field of interest.

Programs and Centers

The College is known for its innovative educational approaches that blend theory with practice through applied learning experiences. Our centers connect research and teaching with best practices in specific business areas.

Applied Learning Programs include:

Centers

Our Centers support the College's teaching, research and outreach activities and shape the student’s applied learning experiences.

Opportunities to Support Programs and Centers

Annual Dean’s Fund
Annual unrestricted gifts made to the Dean’s Fund support new ideas and programs and allow the College to remain competitive, flexible and innovative by supporting the Dean’s priorities.

Center Funding
Each of our centers requires both annual and permanent financial support to further their teaching, research, and outreach goals.

Founders
The founder of a center has a distinctive opportunity to be publicly and prominently associated with a center's high-impact activities. Founders provide annual/multi-year expendable support for the center's activities.

Named Center Funds
A named, endowed fund for any center provides a permanent legacy from which regular income is used to underwrite expenses associated with that center, including faculty teaching and research costs, student activities, and outreach support.

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