Membership Criteria
Individuals
Annual gift of $1,000* to any Spears School of Business Fund or an endowment in the Spears School of Business of $25,000** or more to be paid in three years or less.
*You may use corporate matching gifts to qualify for membership.
**Endowment minimum subject to change based on university requirements. This gift also qualifies you to be a lifetime member.
Corporations
Annual gift of $5,000 to any Spears School of Business fund will allow your organization to have one representative on the Dean’s Council and gift of $10,000 will allow you two.
All members are allowed to participate on the various committees.
Meetings
The Dean’s Council meets on campus annually the Friday before homecoming. Additional meetings of the group or committees may be held as needed.
When you are a member of the Dean’s Council, you have the opportunity to…
- Interact with the dean, faculty, and students
- Provide guidance regarding Spears Business’ creation of workforce ready student graduates
- Share emerging organizational developments and issues to improve the timeliness of education for the business professions
- Participate on one of the priority project committees set by the dean