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March 1, 2008

Student Giving Campaigns to Benefit Wisconsin School of Business

This spring, student leaders from both the undergraduate and full-time Wisconsin MBA programs are leading commencement campaigns to encourage their classmates to make a gift to the business school at graduation.

Last year, the Wisconsin MBA Class of 2007 had 99 percent participation. This year’s MBA class campaign, led MBA student co-chairs Robert Trainer and Jen Schultz, will strive to engage the entire class and encourage more students to make leadership gifts in the form of multi-year pledges.

While the MBA commencement campaign is in its fourth year, the undergraduate campaign is just starting. A group of 15 undergraduate students, led by co-chairs Travis Jones and Jon Kuether, have set an ambitious goal of 20 percent participation in a class composed of more than 600 students.

Student leaders of both campaigns are focusing on taking a unified message to the student body about why giving back to the school is important. “We want our classmates to understand their experience here was made possible by others who were once students,” said Jones. “In order to continue to build the school’s reputation of creating leaders, we have to be willing to step up to the plate and help out as well. We hope that the professors and staff at the school will help us by talking with students about giving back and create excitement around this campaign.”

For information on the commencement campaigns, visit the campaign websites:
www.bus.wisc.edu/pledgeMBA08
www.bus.wisc.edu/pledgeug08