Investment Priorities
The Wisconsin School of Business has a strong community of students and faculty who thrive in an environment of innovative knowledge creation and inspired learning. Our passionate alumni and friends have given so generously of their time, talent, and resources to help ensure the ongoing success of our School. Within the All Ways Forward campaign, the following priorities represent ways in which donors can significantly contribute to the School’s accomplishments now and in the future:
WSB Fund
The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) Fund provides flexible, unrestricted capital that allows us to invest in School priorities, ensuring we remain competitive and responsive to market demands. Gifts support transformational student experiences, such as professional development efforts, applied learning projects, and international trips. The WSB Fund also helps our community connect with business leaders, and strengthens our network of Business Badgers.
Innovation Fund
The Innovation Fund provides the critical seed funding that allows us to explore and utilize educational innovations such as flexible learning spaces, new learning technologies, and advances in curriculum development. The fund also supports the creation of cross-campus partnerships and interdisciplinary efforts to help ensure that the next generation of Business Badgers will bring well-rounded perspective to their business roles.
Learn more about the Innovation Fund
Entrepreneurship Fund
WSB places a high value on the ability to think creatively and work collaboratively to solve complex challenges, and endeavors to provide the hands-on training our students need to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions. Support of the Entrepreneurship Forward Fund helps develop coursework, build experiential learning programs like case competitions, enhance engagement with community entrepreneurs, and promote cross-disciplinary programming.
Give to the Entrepreneurship Forward Fund
Learning Commons
Opening in May 2018, the Learning Commons will integrate three floors in Grainger Hall to create a library and study space where students, faculty, staff, alumni, and industry leaders can learn and engage with one another. It will include a Finance and Analytics Lab, collaborative learning classrooms, quiet spaces for individual studying, collaborative group work space, and tutoring support services. Naming opportunities are still available.
Contact us about the Learning Commons
Planned Giving
Planned and deferred giving can support both the immediate and future success of WSB, helping to leave a lasting legacy of excellence in business education. The School greatly benefits from planned gifts such as bequests, real estate, life income gifts, and privately held business interests. Planned giving allows donors to support the institution while also considering their personal and financial needs.
Contact us about Planned Giving
Student Support
Scholarships at the graduate and undergraduate levels help WSB remain competitive and accessible to highly qualified students of all backgrounds. This valuable support can recognize merit and can alleviate reliance on loans, making a business education possible for students regardless of their financial situation. Scholarships can be endowed or can be awarded immediately to make an impact on students.
