Why Give?

The UAlbany Fund, through the Dean's Initiative for Academic Excellence , serves as the School's venture capital fund. Flexibility is of fundamental importance. The fund provides unrestricted dollars for immediate use at the School of Business, to accommodate the greatest need at any particular time, allowing the Dean to direct your generous gift to the area of greatest opportunity or need—immediately.

An alumnus need not be wealthy to take a leading role in providing for the School's

well-being and future. Every person has the opportunity to participate in and support the mission of the School.

The Dean's Initiative for Academic Excellence provides resources to allow the Dean to take advantage for program enhancement as they arise, for instance:

• Enhancing student services in professional development, career development and placement;
• Attracting a quality faculty;
• Renovating and updating classrooms with the latest technology;
• Developing marketing materials that will attract a larger number of qualified students to our undergraduate and graduate programs; and
• Providing additional sources of financial aid for students.

The value of your degree will increase as we move towards our vision of being the leading public business school in the Northeast, By investing in the School of Business, you not only help provide needed assistance to current students —you contribute to the value of your own degree.

Your support of the UAlbany Fund is important, and it allows the School of Business to provide a solid business education, and the student-centered programs and initiatives that you have come to expect from the University at Albany.

Thank you for your generosity.