Annual Fund Toolkit

Case for Supporting Haas

Cutbacks in state funding have made alumni support more important than ever to help Haas remain a world-class institution. Currently, the Haas School receives only about 10% of its funding from the state.

• Alumni gifts demonstrate widespread support that not only helps Haas compete for the very best faculty and students but is widely reported in business school rankings and surveys.

• Full-time student fees are fixed by the state.

• Private gifts to the Haas School work to maintain its quality and reputation, and ensure excellence—core support for existing programs and seed capital for program development and innovation—for generations of alumni to come.

• A participation rate of 19% of all Haas graduate alumni (18.4% full-time MBA only) gave back to the school in 2007-08 versus the Tuck School (Dartmouth) with 66%, Stanford with 44% and Virginia with 37% in 2007, the latest year for which their results are available. 9% of Haas undergraduate alumni gave back, versus Michigan with 18% (2006 percentage). All-alumni giving in 2008 was 13%.

• Research and scholarship done at Berkeley are transformative and lead to advances that have a positive impact on the world.

• You received a great education and you had a great experience.

• Worldwide Regional Chapter programs and events
• Class Reunion Programs & Events
• Class Websites
• Affinity and Industry group events • eHAN (weekly alumni e-newsletter)
• Cal Business Magazine (semi-annually)
• Complimentary MBA alumni class audit program
• Networking events & lifelong learning programs
• Haas School Annual Report of Giving

Technology
• Haas Alumni Website
• Haas@Cal (on-line alumni community)
• Enhanced directory features with LinkedIn
• Complimentary subscription to Factiva
• Organized alumni networking services through a variety of social media platforms, including Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, iTunes
• Multimedia lecterns in all classrooms

Student Programs & Services
• Student alumni mentoring/networking events
• Case Competitions
• Development of new courses such as Global Visitors Program, Faculty Research Dialogue, Teach-Ins, Leadership Course, Business Plan competitions
• Access to international student loans
• Classroom Renovations

Alumni Career Services
• Searchable jobs database
• MBA alumni Resume database
• Career coaching, workshops, webinars/seminars, job fairs
• Account manager in New York City
• Dedicated Haas undergraduate advisor in the campus Career Services Office. Faculty Research
• Faculty summer research payments
• Travel to academic conferences
• Graduate and undergraduate student researchers
• Research database licenses