10 WAYS TO CONNECT

1.  Update your alumni profile on AlumnIQ.

Reconnect with classmates, submit family or career news, upload your résumé, access exclusive job listings and advanced search engines for more targeted networking and more. Connect here.

2.  Follow Owen on social networking sites.

Build even more connections, liking Owen on Facebook, following us on Instagram, joining the alumni group on LinkedIn, and following the school on YouTube and Twitter.

3.  Help attract great students to Owen.

Attend an admissions event in your city. Refer a prospective student to admissions: email, call 615.322.6469 or complete this form for an Executive MBA application or this form for an MBA candidate. We’ll be excited to follow up!

4.  Serve your class in the Owen Volunteer Community.

The Owen Volunteer Community is comprised of Class Agents and Class Secretaries, both charged with increasing alumni engagement and encouraging class participation. Contact our team by email or call 615-343-0632 for more information.

5.  Hire Owen students.

Post internship or job opportunities for current students or alumni. Contact the Career Management Center: email or call 615.322.4069.

6.  Share your expertise.

Present to a class or club, assist with mock interviews or help students network within your industry. Contact the Career Management Center: email or call 615.322.4069 or contact Kelli Edmond, Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations.

7.  Make a financial gift.

Your gift, regardless of its size, helps fund important research, scholarships and improvements that strengthen the value of your degree. For more information, click here or email Anne Rawlins, Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving, directly at (800) 288-0082.

8.  Participate in an Owen event in your region.

Whether it is helping to organize a Closing Bell, or attending a dinner with prospective students, there are a number of ways to get involved with the Owen community near you. To learn more about what is going on in your area, click here, contact the Alumni Relations office at 615.343.4072 or email Tonja Russo.

9.  Attend Owen Reunion.

Reunite with your classmates in the fall and reminisce about your Owen experiences. Click here for information about this year's Reunion.

10.  Enrich your career.

To take advantage of Owen’s career management services and to receive coaching and advice, click here. Or, attend an executive development class at a 25% discount.

Download the Ways to Support Owen Guide

WAYS TO GIVE

When you’re ready to make a donation, just select the option that’s most convenient for you.

Online

By Mail: Please include this form with your check or credit card payment.

Mail your gift to:
Owen Graduate School of Management
PMB 407727
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 37240-7727

By Phone: Call us at 615.322.0815.

Electronic Bank Draft: To set up an electronic bank draft, call 1.866.882.FUND (3863) or use our printable electronic bank draft form.

Stocks and Securities: To request information on transferring gifts of stocks and securities, click here or call 615.875.1155.

Corporate Matching: Find out if your company matches gifts and learn more information here.

Planned Giving: Learn more about planned giving opportunities (like a bequest or life insurance designation) by clicking here or by calling 615.322.6467.

However you choose to make your gift, thank you!

Owen Giving Society

The Owen Giving Society (formerly Owen Circle) is an exclusive group of alumni and friends of Vanderbilt that support the Owen Graduate School of Management through leadership-level annual gifts. This level of support enables Owen to meet emerging needs and challenges, create innovative programs, and fund new opportunities for growth.

Recognition Levels

  • Recent Graduate Member (last 10 years): $1,000+
  • Member: $2,500+
  • Benefactor: $5,000+
  • Dean’s Circle: $10,000+
  • Cornelius Vanderbilt: $25,000+

If you’d like to learn more or join the Owen Giving Society, click here to give, or email Rachel Vernon, Assistant Director of Donor Engagement.

Event-In-A-Box

Pictured: The inside of an Event-In-A-Box full of Vanderbilt Business swagThe Owen Event-In-A-Box is an initiative to encourage alumni collaboration and support connection-building through alumni-led events, keeping the Closing Bell spirit in your communities! For any local or international alumni interested in hosting an Owen event in their region, the Owen Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) will share an Event-In-A-Box that contains Owen-branded event materials, SWAG items, and informational documents to help you organize the gathering.

If you are interested in hosting an event, email the Owen DAR team at owen.alum@vanderbilt.edu to learn more and get a box shipped to you!

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ANNUAL FUND

Owen Annual Giving

  1. Student scholarships: Owen Annual Fund gifts help power scholarships that make an Owen education possible. Owen awards millions of dollars each year in scholarships and financial aid, and support to this area is a path for all alumni to ensure top talents continue to learn Owen values.
  2. Centers and Initiatives: Support for our world-class centers, like The Center for Entrepreneurship, provides students the opportunity to advance research, design and develop new products, and collaborate across disciplines.
  3. Areas of Greatest Need: Contributions to the Owen Annual Fund enable the school to respond to the emerging needs of students and faculty to continue powering world class business education. Travel for case competitions, executing experiential learning opportunities for our students, and ensuring we can meet students’ unexpected financial needs are some examples of how Owen puts your gifts to work immediately.

Why Your Annual Fund Gift is Important:

Tuition contributes just over half of Owen's operating budget each year. Annual giving helps bridge the gap between tuition revenues and the full cost of an Owen education.

Your annual gift serves as a vote of confidence in Owen that helps raise our reputation among peer institutions, makes us more attractive to potential students and increases the value of your degree.

How You Benefit From Your Annual Fund Gift:

The most important benefit of giving to the Owen Annual Fund is the knowledge that your gift helps maintain the quality of an Owen education. Your support is a vehicle through which you can enhance your connection to Owen while also strengthening its visibility and prestige worldwide.

Individuals who give at leadership levels will be recognized through membership in the Owen Giving Society, our donor society. In addition, individuals who give each and every year will be recognized through the Oak Leaf Society, Vanderbilt's loyalty society.

And did we mention that your gift is tax deductible?

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Connect Around the World

Vanderbilt Alumni are located all over the world. Click here for a map of where our alumni are located. We also have active alumni chapters in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Contact Anne Rawlins for more information about those chapters.
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