There are multiple ways to support Darden's priorities. Please select a priority below to learn more.
Priority 1: Student Fellowship & Financial Aid
Priority 2: Faculty Support & Curriculum Development
Priority 3: Infrastructure, Experience & Technology
Priority 4: Annual Fund Giving & Unrestricted Funds
1. Student Fellowships & Financial Aid
Named fellowships in one of these three categories:
1. Colgate W. Darden Fellowships: Full, individually endowed fellowships given to attract top applicants to the School. Colgate Darden Fellowships provide the donor flexibility in designating a student profile to match specific donor interests (such as military service, entrepreneurship, business backgrounds, geographic regions, underserved minorities, etc.).
Minimum commitment: $1 million for a fully funded fellowship awarded annually.
2. Darden Jefferson Fellowships: Full, merit-based fellowships including a generous living stipend, given in collaboration with the Jefferson Scholars Foundation to students who have the highest level of academic excellence, ethical leadership, diplomatic decisiveness and a track record of putting ideas into action.
Minimum commitment: $1 million fellowship to be awarded periodically; $1.5 million fellowship to be fully funded and awarded annually.
3. Charles C. Abbott Fellowships: Partial, class or memorial fellowships funded by endowed and current-use funds to attract highly desirable candidates to Darden that will enable the School to assemble the most talented and promising class of students.
Minimum endowed commitment:
$500,000 (one-half fellowship)
$250,000 (one-third fellowship)
$150,000 (if alumnus graduated less than 15 years ago)
To create a fellowship, choose one of the three categories. If you select a Charles C. Abbott or Colgate W. Darden Fellowship, you can personalize it by naming the fellowship after yourself or another person (e.g., [Donor Name] Fellowship). If you choose, you can target the fellowship support to a student who meets a certain criteria or hails from a specific geographic area.
For a Darden Jefferson Fellowship, you can name the fellowship in conjunction with the Darden Jefferson Fellowship brand (e.g., [Donor Name] Darden Jefferson Fellowship). However, since these fellowships are awarded solely to the top academic candidates applying to Darden, the support may not be targeted to a particular student and, unless funded at $1.5 million or more, may not be awarded each year.
2. Faculty Support & Curriculum Development, Endowed
| Associate Deanship |
$5 million |
| Executive Director Chair |
$5 million |
| Professorship |
$3 million |
| Visiting Research Fellowship |
$2 million |
| Research Professorship |
$1 million |
| Research Funds |
$500,000 and above |
Center for Asset Management, Endowed
| Academic Director and Senior Faculty Chair |
$10 million |
| Senior Faculty Chair |
$5 million |
| Support for Darden Capital Management |
$5 million |
Chair for Visiting Scholars or
Practitioner-in-residence |
$4 million |
Faculty Chair
|
$3 million |
Support for University of Virginia
Investing Conference |
$3 million |
| Research Lab |
$3 million |
Curriculum Development/Case Writing Fund
in Asset Management |
$2.5 million |
| Research Funds |
$500,000 and above |
Institute for Business in Society, Endowed
| Academic Director and Senior Faculty Chair |
$10 million |
| Visiting Scholars or Practitioners-in-Residence |
$4 million |
| Managing Director |
$3 million |
| Conferences |
$3 million |
| Doctoral Fellowships |
$2 million |
| Student Fellowships |
$250,000 to $1 million |
| Research Funds |
$500,000 and above |
3. Infrastructure, Experience & Technology
Audiovisual and Video Conferencing Technology
| Telepresence Conferencing Infrastructure |
$300,000 |
| Auditorium Technology Update |
$245,000 |
| Learning Team Rooms Roundtable Conference Units |
$240,000 |
Classroom Telepresence and
Recording Capability (5 years' support) |
$200,000 per room |
| Classroom Instructor Confidence Monitors |
$140,000 |
| Conference and Team Rooms Telepresence Conferencing |
$55,000 per person |
Digital Teaching Materials
| Digital Pedagogy Support |
$500,000 over five years |
Adapting Darden Systems and
Websites for Mobile Access
|
$500,000 |
An anonymous donor has offered a one-to-one match for all gifts to Priority 3, up to $8 million. Gifts meeting this challenge would be used to improve infrastructure, technology and students' classroom experience.
4. Annual Fund Giving & Unrestricted Funds
Darden Annual Fund
The Darden Society recognizes donors who make leadership gifts of $2,500 or more to Darden each year. Membership extends to alumni of the four most recent classes at the $1,000 level.
Darden Society Members are recognized at the following levels:
| Sponsors' Circle |
$50,000 and above |
| Principals |
$25,000 - $49,999 |
| Leaders |
$10,000 - $24,999 |
| Fellows |
$5,000 - $9,999 |
| Dean's Roundtable |
$2,500 - $4,999 |
| Abbott Associates |
$1,000 - $2,499 (Classes of 2008-2011)
|
Dean's Innovation Fund
$50,000 to $10 million endowed funding Unrestricted gifts to the Dean's Innovation Fund will be recognized with a naming opportunity for buildings and spaces on the Darden Grounds, including but not limited to:
| Faculty Office Building |
$10 million |
| Classroom Building |
$10 million |
| Auditorium |
$5 million |
| Gatehouse Pavilion |
$3 million |
| South Lounge |
$2.5 million |
| Main Dining Room |
$2.5 million |
| Front Courtyard |
$1 million |
| 60-Seat Classroom |
$1 million |
| The Pub |
$250,000 |
| Conference Rooms |
$250,000 |
| Interview Rooms |
$100,000 |
| Learning Team Rooms |
$50,000 |
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