Campaign Priorities
TOMORROW’S LEADERS: STUDENT SUCCESS
Scholarships make students’ dreams a reality. They provide access to a superlative education regardless of the financial means of the student. Scholarships allow countless young people to overcome tremendous obstacles and achieve great personal and professional goals.
Scholarships and fellowships do more than remove financial barriers and reward excellence. Named scholarships carry the endorsement of the donor and celebrate their legacy of success. A scholarship is a powerful vote of confidence that by its very nature propels a student forward to dream and achieve.
BUILD LEARNING SPACES FOR THE FUTURE
Higher education is evolving. New kinds of spaces and virtual infrastructure are needed to prepare today’s students for success. Technology upgrades and modern configuration of specialized teaching and laboratory spaces are essential.
With your support, we will reimagine our learning environment and acquire new equipment and resources to enhance productivity for faculty and students. Funding will help build new student labs, more studios, and an interactive learning space as you walk in the front door to the School. Upgrading and acquiring state-of-the art equipment are also major components of the plans for the upgraded and expanded School.
TEACH, LEAD, DISCOVER AND CHALLENGE
Our faculty are the dynamic force through which our graduates, communities, and businesses are educated, inspired, and challenged. They empower students to reach for greater heights, to attain new levels of academic scholarship and intellectual inquiry, and to apply their knowledge beyond the campus through service, research, and creative work. Their achievements are a catalyst for recruitment of outstanding students and other excellent faculty.
CONVENING IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND CREATING ECONOMIC IMPACT
Our symposiums and centers ignite innovation and explore new frontiers, guide industry, and drive economic development vital to Mississippi, the nation, and the world. Our centers model the use of data to better understand social challenges and drive business solutions. They explore issues critical to strengthening our understanding of Southern culture and history, free speech, and our democracy. They develop market-ready concepts and promote understanding of the media and communications ecosystem. Our centers invite students to dive into experiential learning and develop essential team-building and collaboration skills.