Centennial Fund for Faculty Excellence

Supporting Our Most Valuable Resource

McIntire faculty are committed scholars who inspire our students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s business challenges. The Centennial Fund for Faculty Excellence will provide support for our exceptional faculty in perpetuity. This $100 million endowment will have a compounding effect as it grows, ensuring long-term sustainability for the School. The minimum level of support for the Centennial Fund is $100,000.

Inspired Educators

McIntire faculty create and launch innovative courses with real-world context. They impart critical-thinking skills and encourage personal responsibility. The Centennial Fund for Faculty Excellence is a powerful resource that guarantees that we attract and retain inspirational, gifted business educators for our next century and beyond.

Visionary Scholars

Contributing new knowledge across traditional business disciplines and emerging areas such as cybersecurity and analytics, McIntire professors are big thinkers who transform potential into reality through innovation and new ventures. The Centennial Fund for Faculty Excellence allows McIntire to play a vital role in solving our world’s most pressing business challenges.

Passionate Mentors

Mentors and advisers, McIntire faculty enrich learning and build community by devoting themselves to their students and their work. Outside the classroom, our faculty are renowned for their open minds, open hearts, and open doors. The Centennial Fund for Faculty Excellence ensures that meaningful faculty interactions with our students are always at the heart of a McIntire education.

The Centennial Fund for Faculty Excellence will provide support for our exceptional faculty in perpetuity, ensuring that we have the resources to recruit and retain the very best teachers, scholars, and mentors.

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McIntire’s case-based curriculum, enriched by insights from esteemed faculty and industry experts, provides a distinctive combination of academic rigor and real-world relevance.

Demond Morris (McIntire ’24)