Positioned to Prosper

photo by Beth Wynn

FALL 2018 | DIVIDENDS

Positioned to Prosper

A Message from the Director of Development

Here at the College of Business, we recognize that our strengths and achievements are due in large part to the generosity of our donors. Private support is essential for the College to keep us competitive among the nation’s top universities. A contribution to the MSU College of Business is an investment in the future success of our College and the next generation of well-trained business professionals.

The past several years have been an exciting time of growth and development. With new research and technology facilities, a state-of the-art finance laboratory, an ultra-modern Center for Entrepreneurship & Outreach and a recent boom in programs such as International Business and Supply Chain Management, we have never been better positioned to prosper.

There are numerous giving opportunities available to help us uphold the vision and mission of the College of Business. Through outright gifts, annuities, personal properties or real estate, bequests or gifts of stocks, bonds or other securities, you are helping us to attract and retain the best and brightest students and faculty.

Mississippi State is now in its sixth year of Infinite Impact, the University’s capital campaign, which is approaching $900 million toward an established $1 billion goal. The College of Business is one of MSU’s largest academic units, and because of this our College is pivotal to the success of the campaign. Any contribution through 2020, regardless of the designation, will count toward our campaign goal.

The impact of your gift may be doubled or tripled by a company match. Please be sure to check with your human resources office to see if your place of employment is a matching gift company.

A growing university means the College of Business must increase our development efforts with alumni and friends like you. We recently welcomed MSU alumna Jana Berkery as the new Assistant Director of Development for the College of Business and the Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy.

A Starkville native, Jana graduated from MSU in 2005 with a degree in sports communication and a minor in marketing. She began working at her alma mater in 2011 as Coordinator of Annual Giving for the Bulldog Club athletic fundraising organization. She also has previous higher education experience with Mississippi University for Women and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Jana joined the MSU Foundation in 2013 and most recently served as Director of Annual Giving for the University. Her previous experience in fundraising and her loyalty to MSU will prove invaluable as we continue to build relationships to further advance the College of Business.

Jana and I look forward to building relationships with our alumni and friends, because together we can accomplish great things for the College of Business and Mississippi State University.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS | MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

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Zack Harrington (’09, ’10)

Jana Berkery (’05)

Director of Development

Assistant Director of Development

College of Business

College of Business

zharrington@foundation.msstate.edu

jberkery@foundation.msstate.edu

662-617-0942

662-617-9807