As a result of your gifts to the McIntire Annual Fund, the School was primed to face the complications of 2020 head on. Our response was greatly bolstered by the flexibility to radically rethink and restructure how we deliver education while maintaining the quality of our student experience. Your philanthropic support has enabled us to provide crucial technological enhancements, to facilitate virtual alumni mentorships for nearly 150 students, and to secure McIntire's future by retaining our exceptional faculty and recruiting nine new faculty members—all while ensuring the safety of our entire learning community.

It bears repeating that, every day, our faculty and students demonstrate tremendous resilience, an unwavering commitment to Honor and ethical behavior, and remarkable adaptability as they continue to navigate new ways of teaching, learning, and living. Our entire community recognizes that a McIntire degree remains a building block for a lifetime of success, and your generous philanthropy ensures that, no matter the circumstances, "commerce continues."

We could not have done all of this without you.

With gratitude,

Nicole Thorne Jenkins
John A. Griffin Dean, McIntire School of Commerce