Opportunities for Investment

Our goal as a College is to provide the best education for the nation's future engineers and create a research environment that will innovate for the good of society. To do this, the College must continue to recruit the best faculty and students, to pull in federal research dollars, to build and equip state-of-the-art facilities, and to foster productive and mutually beneficial corporate partnerships.

We have identified four areas of investment that are best aligned with our shared objectives:

 

Named Professorships - Endowed and Term

Attracting and retaining the best faculty is our priority. We seek to increase the number of endowed chairs of departments, and the number of named professorships across the college. Faculty who are appointed to named chairs and professorships have achieved the highest distinction in research and scholarship. Associating your name with faculty stars ensures great name recognition both on campus and beyond, through the public relations channels that may be opened by a faculty member’s achievements.

 

Student Support - Endowed and Term

Tuition and fees at NC State are tracking on a sharp incline. As those rates continue to climb, scholarship and fellowship support becomes more important to our ability to attract and retain the best and brightest of our undergraduate and graduate students. Endowing support is the best way for your company to connect with those students and express your corporate commitment for education. Term scholarships are also an option.

 

Enhance Academic Programs and Outreach Efforts

Through its academic programs and outreach efforts, the college provides students a wealth of opportunities to broaden their experiences. The College provides frameworks that foster collaboration and team-building, increase the number and diversity of talented students entering the fields of engineering, and provide international experiences to students as they prepare for entry into the global marketplace.

 

Name Spaces, Enhance Corporate Profile

Place occupies a prominent role in influencing the great work done by the faculty and students who define an institution. Owing to the new or scheduled facilities on Centennial Campus, the College currently offers a unique opportunity with double benefit for corporate sponsors: Establish a named, endowed fund that supports the College’s priorities and your own corporate strategies, and your company will be credited for the investment through the naming of a prominent space.

 

For further information on any of the opportunities, please contact Martin Baucom, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at martin_baucom@ncsu.edu  or 919-513-3950.