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Naming Opportunities

Alumni and friends have wonderful naming opportunities available to honor their loved ones or to create a legacy at Salem State. Naming opportunities are designed to honor generous gifts made in support of our students and faculty, and add a sense of tradition and history to our already storied institution. 

Named Gift Opportunities

Endowed Chairs

An endowed chair can be funded with a $1,000,000 investment, and may be established in any one of 48 departments. A prestigious endowed chair will provide a faculty member an increased salary and a reduced course load.

A smart classroom in various departments across campus may be named with gifts of $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, and $150,000. These classrooms are well furnished and equipped with the latest technology for teaching and presentations. The college is fortunate to have this technology, along with the ideal layout for classroom instruction and interaction between students and faculty. Many of these classrooms have been named already, and are clearly marked with a plaque that proudly recognizes the generous contributions of the donor and/or their family members.

Faculty Term Chair

A faculty term chair may be named for a term of five years with a total gift of $50,000. While this is not an endowed gift, its impact is significant and the name will very likely live on in the title and resume of the professor to whom it is awarded. A stipend of $10,000 per annum over the course of five years will be awarded to the selected faculty member, who may elect to use these funds for research or to "buy time away from a class" to do additional research. The faculty member selected to receive the term chair will also mentor students and other faculty members, and will bring added prestige and attention to the college.

Endowed Scholarship

An endowed scholarship may be named with a minimum gift of $25,000. The larger the scholarship, the higher the proportion of tuition and fees that can be covered. More and more students are finding it difficult to make tuition payments without working many hours and balancing their studies and work. An endowed scholarship would give some flexibility to students, and reduce the significant amount of debt when they graduate.

Endowed Internship

An internship has long been looked upon as a benefit to the overall education a student receives as an undergraduate. More and more it is being spoken about as a must in the educational experience. In many cases students are able to find paid internships, helping them balance their course load and the hours they need to work to pay for tuition. Paid internships give students flexibility to work in their field while not feeling like they are losing those hours when they could be earning money at other jobs. 

Bertolon School of Business Named Gift Opportunities

Central Campus Building

A gift of $2,000,000 will name the state-of-the-art building that houses the Bertolon School of Business, as well as the Music Department and an acoustically perfect 185 seat recital hall.

Endowed Chair

An endowed chair may be funded with a $1,000,000 investment. The Bertolon School seeks three endowed chairs; one for accounting and finance, one for management and one for marketing and decision sciences. An endowed chair, along with the increased salary and reduced course load that accompany it, will allow Salem State to attract a prestigious senior professional to the college.

Named Center

A prime example of a named center is the model of a Center for Entrepreneurial Activities.  Such a center, endowed with a minimum gift of $500,000, will provide annual programmatic support. A wide variety of other centers are possible, including, but not limited to, a Women in Business Center or a Center for Nonprofit Management.  An endowed center should be coordinated with the dean and Bertolon School professors so as to meet the needs of the business school while perhaps tailoring a program to the donor's wishes.

Technology Fund

An endowment of at least $500,000 would provide a named fund to ensure that investments in technology in the Bertolon School are kept at the forefront. Annual support would make available technology upgrades over and above those funded by the operating budget or through other private support. At present, the technology in the Bertolon School has been well cared for by faculty, students and administrators, but there is a current and ongoing need to keep pace with new technology.

Main Entrance of Building 1

The main entrance of the building -- a southern-facing two-story glass wall which brings in sunlight almost all day long and overlooks an attractive patio area -- may be named with a gift of at least $250,000.  The entrance boasts a staircase leading up to the mezzanine level, and is a high traffic, well furnished area.  Anyone would be honored to have the main entrance named for their corporation, their family or themself.  Ideally, the funds raised to name the entrance would go to the general Bertolon endowment fund.

Research Endowment

A gift of $150,000 will create a named research endowment fund. This fund will provide annual research stipends for faculty members working independently, with other faculty members or with a student or students. Proposals should be submitted to the dean's office for this named research endowment fund. Presentations to the donor, other faculty members and students could be made annually or, in cases where the research project was performed over a number of years, presentations could be made at appropriate times.

Conference Room

A gift of $100,000 will name the beautifully appointed, technologically advanced conference room on the second floor of the Bertolon School of Business in Building 1. This conference room is used by Bertolon faculty and the advisory board, and by the dean and the president when meeting with business leaders. Students utilize this room for their senior project, making board room presentations to faculty and fellow students in a board room setting, preparing them for what they will encounter when they enter the work place. Funds would go to the general Bertolon School endowment.

The two large smart classrooms have already been named for generous donors of more than $75,000 to the Bertolon School of Business.

A smart classroom in the Bertolon School can be named with a gift of $50,000. These classrooms are well furnished, and equipped with the latest technology for teaching and presentations. The Bertolon School is fortunate to have this technology, along with the ideal layout for classroom instruction and interaction between students and faculty. Many of the classrooms have already been named, and are so designated by black-and-silver plaques that recognize the generosity of the donors and their families.

Faculty Term Chair

A faculty term chair may be named for a term of five years with a total gift of $50,000. While this is not an endowed gift, its impact is significant and the name will very likely live on in the title and resume of the professor who is awarded the chair. A stipend of $10,000 will be awarded to the faculty member, who may then elect to use these funds for research or to "buy time away from a class" for additional research. The faculty member selected to receive the term chair will also be a mentor to students and other faculty members, and will bring added prestige and attention to the Bertolon School.

Endowed Scholarship

An endowed scholarship may be named with a minimum gift of $25,000. The larger the scholarship the higher the proportion of tuition and fees can be covered. More and more students are finding it difficult to make tuition payments without working long hours and balancing their studies and work. An endowed scholarship would give some flexibility to students, and reduce the significant amount of debt when the graduate.

Endowed Internship

An internship has long been looked upon as a benefit to the overall education a student receives as an undergraduate. More often it is being spoken about as a must in the educational experience. In many cases students are able to find paid internships, helping them balance their course load and the hours they need to work to pay for tuition. Paid internships give students flexibility to work in their field while not feeling like they are losing those hours when they could be earning money at other jobs. There is increasing talk about internships at nonprofits that fits into the overall goal of Salem State's commitment to community service.