2004 Headlines
Johnson School Alumni give $1.48 Million to Annual Fund in '03-'04Gifts Up Nearly 50 Percent October 18, 2004, Ithaca, New York The Johnson Graduate School of Management is pleased to announce that alumni giving to the school's Annual Fund exceeded its goal of $1.2 million by more than 18%, with at a total donation of $1,477,528. These gifts are an essential foundation for sustaining a premier management education program. "We are very pleased with the annual fund results, especially the increase in donor participation. This is essential to the success of the School in attracting corporate donations as well as bringing us in line with our peer schools," said Marybeth Tarzian, the director of the Johnson School Annual Fund. "We could not have achieved our goals without the tireless efforts of our volunteers and I thank everyone who contributed time, effort and personal resources. It was a great team effort that created a lot of momentum that will continue as we move forward." The Annual Fund helps to underwrite over 10% of the Johnson School's annual budget. Annual Fund contributions support the core operations of the Johnson School; they fund teaching, research, technology, student services and the tools the Johnson School provides to the business leaders of the future. In the extremely competitive arena of top-tier business schools, the Annual Fund enables the Johnson School to create new ideas and new curricula. Gifts to the Annual Fund increased by 47% over last year's giving of $1,004,961. The participation rate of alumni grew to 24% from 21%. According to Director Tarzian, donations increased because of a more consistent and thoughtful solicitation process, the recruitment of some eighty alumni volunteers who contacted their classmates for donations, the use of email solicitations, and sharing comparison participation rates among our peer schools. This year's goal for the annual fund has increased to $1.5 million total and an alumni participation rate of 26 percent. The Johnson School at Cornell University, founded in 1946, is Cornell's graduate school of management. The Johnson School combines leading edge intellectual capital with "real time, real world" business practice and is among the top business schools in the world. Opportunities for experiential learning, such as immersion programs and student-run venture capital and mutual funds, distinguish the Johnson School's curricula. Programs include MBA and doctoral degrees, a twelve-month MBA option for students with advanced degrees in science or engineering and an executive MBA. The Johnson School is located at the center of Cornell University-the largest of the Ivy League schools and one of the world's top research institutions. For more about the Johnson School please visit: www.johnson.cornell.edu. For More Information |
