Giving to the College of Business
Traci Hamann, Major Gifts Officer for the College of Business, is happy to arrange for a campus visit to explain the available funding opportunities and to illustrate how you can get involved in the exciting changes taking place on campus and at the College of Business. Traci can be contacted at twhamann@loyno.edu or 504.861.5453.
College of Business Funding Priorities
In keeping with the university's general fundraising initiatives the College of Business has defined its top funding priorities as follows:
The Endowed Chair Program
An Endowed Chair allows the college to recruit nationally regarded scholars to the faculty. Chairs provide leadership within their academic areas, the college and community thereby enhancing the reputation of the university. Through exceptional and innovative teaching and research they serve as mentors to our faculty and aid in attracting high-quality students.
Endowed Chairs are funded through a 60:40 matching program with the Louisiana Board of Regents. Many donors find this an excellent way to maximize the impact of their gift to the university. A gift of $1,200,000 or $600,000 to the college is matched by Board of Regent Support Funds of $800,000 and $400,000 respectively. The resulting $2,000,000 and $1,000,000 endowments have a lasting impact on the college.
To date, the College of Business is home to the Legendre-Soule Chair in Business Ethics, Harold N. Wirth Chair in Economics, Hilton/Baldridge Chair in Music Industry Studies and Gerald N. Gaston Endowed Chair in International Business. In addition, the College of Business recently applied to the State for the $400,000 match to the Jack and Vada Reynolds Chair in International Business.
The Endowed Professor Program
The Endowed Professorships Program is designed to help the college recruit and retain faculty whose research, teaching, and/or public service uniquely contributes to the mission of their departments and the college.
Professors use funds generated annually through the endowment to support scholarly research and teaching activities, often representing the college at national academic conferences.
Participation in the programs requires a contribution of at least $60,000 which is matched with $40,000 from the Board of Regents Support Fund. Professorships may be combined into multiples at the same 60:40 ratio.
The College of Business currently has nine endowed professorships including the Chase/Francis C. Doyle Distinguished Professorship, Bank One Distinguished Professorship of International Business, Barry and Teresa LeBlanc Distinguished Professorship of Business Ethics, Chase Minority Entrepreneurship Distinguished Professorship I, Chase Minority Entrepreneurship Distinguished Professorship II, Dean Henry J. Engler, Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Management, Dr. John V. Connor Professorship in Economics and Finance, Rev. Joseph A. Butt, S.J. Distinguished Professorship in Accounting and Stanford H. Rosenthal Distinguished Professorship in Risk and Entrepreneurship.
The Technology Endowment
As the global marketplace becomes more technologically competitive, the College of Business is committed to providing its students access to the latest and most advanced computer technology. Computer-based financial simulations and computer forecasting models are just two of the highly advanced resources that are available to the College of Business students. The much needed increase to the Technology Endowment will provide consistent upgrades to the existing products and, as new, more sophisticated programs and computers become available, it will provide the funding for these purchases. Donations to the College of Business Technology Endowment can be made in any denomination.
