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Shape the Future: A Campaign for Vanderbilt
Shape the Future is not about changing Vanderbilt. It’s about how Vanderbilt changes people.
Our task is to leverage Vanderbilt’s distinctive qualities—in every school, department and program—creating even greater opportunities for individuals to learn, explore, teach, discover, heal, and care. In transforming themselves, Vanderbilt people transform the world. This campaign, with its goal of $1.75 billion in new giving by 2010, is the most ambitious in Vanderbilt’s history. But it’s a necessary goal if we truly believe in the importance of what Vanderbilt does and its potential to deepen the impact it makes. With your help, we will educate leaders for society, pursue research and discovery, create new knowledge, and shape the future.
H. Rodes Hart, a Vanderbilt alumnus and Board of Trust member, is chairman of the Shape the Future campaign. He succeeds the late Monroe Carell Jr., the Vanderbilt alumnus and Board of Trust member who oversaw the campaign from its launch in 1999 until his passing in 2008. Hart is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Franklin Industries Inc., a family-founded business engaged in brick distribution and chemical limestone mining, processing and marketing throughout the southern United States and beyond. For nearly three decades, he has provided strong volunteer leadership for Vanderbilt’s initiatives, including most recently Peabody College’s fundraising efforts as part of the Shape the Future campaign.
The Shape the Future goal for the Owen School is $85 million, divided according to the following priorities:
Scholarships: $32 million
The caliber of Owen’s incoming students continues to rise, both in terms of academic achievement and work experience. But the applicant pool remains relatively small—a reflection of the loan-heavy financial aid packages that the school currently offers. Shape the Future campaign giving has the potential to more than double Owen’s scholarship funds, boosting Owen’s competitiveness in the educational marketplace.
Faculty Chairs and Research Support: $25 million
The nationwide dearth of Ph.D. business graduates shows no signs of abating, making competition for top faculty tougher than ever before. Owen vies for talent not only with other institutions but with private industry as well. Endowed chairs and professorships have become the most valuable tool in recruiting and retaining the best faculty. Named chairs reward extraordinary teaching and scholarship, bring increased visibility to Owen, and raise the bar for overall faculty performance. With Shape the Future campaign funds, Owen will establish at least five new chairs for its faculty.
Transinstitutional Initiatives and Academic Programs/Centers: $15 million
The challenges of a global business environment demand business leaders whose knowledge, perspectives and experience are not bound by a single discipline or narrow specialty. Owen already collaborates on several initiatives that break down traditional boundaries, providing student and faculty throughout the university new opportunities for invigorating institutional partnerships and innovation. Campaign gifts will support the ongoing development of the Law and Business program, the Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership, the Financial Markets Research Center, the Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies, and the Owen Entrepreneurship Center.
Annual Giving: $13 million
Annual gifts to Owen through the Vanderbilt Fund continue to be essential during the Shape the Future campaign. These gifts close the gap between Owen’s operating budget and its revenue from tuition, endowments and other income sources. Annual gifts support financial aid, scholarships, faculty development and new program opportunities. Membership in the Owen Circle, the school’s donor society, recognizes generous supporters who make annual commitments of at least $1,000. A gift at the Owen Circle level is an ideal way to demonstrate commitment to the future of the school, particularly since many corporations offer programs to match individual gifts.
All funds given to Owen, whether through an endowment, a contribution through the Vanderbilt Fund or a commitment to the Owen Circle, count toward the totals of the Shape the Future campaign.
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