Support Experiential, Transformational Business Education.
Our learning experience—incorporating real-world business activity, essential technology and high-quality faculty, creates a thriving academic enterprise that effectively transitions students into careers.
Your support helps us deliver on our mission to educate career-ready future business leaders in a polytechnic Learn by Doing environment and produce research that positively influences business and society.
Industrial Technology Lab Fund Matching Challenge:
All gifts to support the Industrial Technology Lab will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000, doubling your impact. W. Paul & Kathleen Winkler have generously committed this 1:1 match to expand hands-on learning resources for Industrial Technology and Packaging students.
Your gift helps provide students with access to state-of-the-art lab equipment and experiential learning opportunities that prepare them for careers in product development, manufacturing and supply chain innovation at Cal Poly. — DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT
Dean’s Area Participation Challenge:
The academic area with the highest number of donors during the campaign—across Accounting, Economics, Finance, Industrial Technology, Management, Marketing, Packaging, and Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)—will receive an additional $5,000 gift from the Dean’s Fund for Excellence. Every gift supports your program directly while helping unlock additional resources that enhance student success and expand experiential learning opportunities. Please note: ONLY ONE GIFT PER PERSON WILL COUNT TOWARD THE CHALLENGE.
Giving Priorities:
Dean’s Fund for Excellence — GIVE NOW
The Dean’s Fund for Excellence enables the college the flexibility to resource immediate strategic needs, which can include money for student travel, classroom resources and building upgrades. (Read More)
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) — GIVE NOW
The CIE provides students with the tools, money, space and mentorship needed to launch startups, many of which have a positive impact on the community. The CIE also features several programs that help foster innovation and interdisciplinary partnerships.
