Corporate Philanthropy
FIU’s outstanding teaching, research, and outreach programs need your
support.
Sponsorships
Meet your marketing goals through a variety of sponsorship opportunities through
the arts, athletics, alumni and other unit programs.
Internships and Recruiting
FIU can help you successfully recruit our talented graduates to build for your
company’s future.
Research Relationships
FIU is world renowned for the quality and relevance of its research. Partner
with us to advance your field.
Schools and Colleges
FIU’s outstanding academic programs offer numerous opportunities for
partnerships.
University Extension Courses / Continuing Education
FIU can offer your employees the opportunity to advance their education through
graduate, training and certificate classes.
By supporting FIU, corporations strengthen their relationship
with one of the country’s most diverse universities,
gain exposure to an important source of intellectual talent,
support departments and faculty engaged in research related
to their interests, honor individuals who have played key roles
in their success, introduce their companies and their products
to future users and consumers, and support and encourage the
philanthropy of their employees.
The opportunities for collaborations between industry and
FIU are quite diverse. FIU partners with corporations in numerous
philanthropic endeavors that include the following.
Naming Opportunities / Facility Support
Having
a corporation put its name on a permanent part of FIU solidifies
a strong
relationship between the two in the eyes of all who know,
visit and interact with FIU. What better way to support an
institution
that instills such high academic standards into graduates.
This can only provide FIU graduates, with a visible incentive
to hold the company in high regard and association for years
to come. Numerous naming opportunities exist at FIU, and
they are well aligned to give your company exposure to an exclusive
yet worldwide audience that will make positive associations
with the company name and FIU on a number of different levels.
By naming a unique facility after the corporation, the corporation’s
long-term relationship with FIU is immediately and regularly
evident to FIU faculty, students, board of trustees and distinguished
associates.
Scholarships
By creating a scholarship, or
by endowing other kinds of student aid, corporations demonstrate
that they are
committed to education for exceptional students, despite
their economic background, and that you share our goal of a
talented,
diverse student body that spans all cultures and socioeconomic
groups. Through scholarship support, a corporation can target
prospective employees prior to competitive corporations and
increase the likelihood of hiring these particular students
through their appreciation and awareness of the company’s
supportive efforts.
Graduate fellowships
Corporations frequently donate funds
to support the research of individual faculty members. Gifts
to support a graduate student’s research are investments
that encourage the interaction between faculty, students and
corporations. To this end, graduate fellowships can be targeted
to support the efforts of specific students or departments.
As with scholarships, fellowship recipients are most appreciative
of corporate support and historically seek employment from
the corporation providing their fellowship.
Endowed professorship chairs / support the faculty
Endowed
professorships are the highest honor for tenured faculty.
The corporation and the professor who holds the chair share
the
prestige associated with the chair. Undeniably, endowed chairs
are a means for attracting outstanding faculty and the star
students who want to work with the honored professor. FIU
encourages the corporation that sponsors a professorship to
develop a
strong relationship with that individual. The mention of
the chair’s name -- XYZ Corporation Distinguished Professor,
for example -- is included as an integral part of the professor’s
title.
Program support
By supporting a particular program, a corporation
can help enhance FIU in a very tangible and visible way, thereby
strengthening the departments affiliated with the program.
The corporation’s involvement is evident to FIU students,
faculty, and alumni on a regular basis. Furthermore, the corporation’s
involvement with a particular program helps solidify its most
prominent areas of interest at FIU. Program support also gives
the corporation an opportunity to know future graduates who
best fit the hiring interests of the company. The program itself
can be cultivated to get company executives close to the students
and the academic departments that perpetuate excellence in
a particular industry.
Curriculum development
By staying in close communication
with FIU faculty, a corporation can provide feedback on how
applicable curriculum material is to the corporation’s
needs and how well it prepares students for the challenges
they will encounter as graduates in a particular industry.
This input further enables FIU graduates to maintain their
reputation of being extremely well prepared for the challenges
that their careers offer them. FIU welcomes such curriculum
input and uses it as one of many tools to continuously verify
the alignment of coursework relative to the changing needs
of the market.
Research: FIU offers dedicated world-renowned expertise to focus on a wide
variety of research projects. To enable this type of project and work, FIU
has state of the art laboratories and equipment that many corporations do not
have internally. For this reason, FIU is ideal for both long and short-term
research projects that will help solve problems affecting a corporation’s
bottom line.
Sponsorships: FIU offers a myriad of sponsorship opportunities that reinforce
a company’s partnership with the FIU community and deliver your message
to the South Florida community. Meet your marketing goals through a variety
of sponsorship opportunities through the arts, athletics, alumni and other
unit programs.
Partnerships with Corporations play an important role in advancing
FIU’s mission. Support – especially in these times
of decreasing state revenues – will help strengthen FIU’s
status as a world-class institution of higher learning. To
learn more about how to partner with FIU please contact the
Corporate Relations office.
Glenn Kaufhold
Assistant Vice President for Corporations
and Foundations
MARC 562
305.348.3773 phone
305.348.3337 fax
Glenn.Kaufhold@fiu.edu
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