Spring 2024 Note from Institutional Advancement

Celebrating Transformational Giving

As you read earlier in these pages, we continue to feel incredibly honored to recognize the enduring and powerful leadership of Marilyn Carlson Nelson with the naming of our flagship building. This marks yet another milestone achieved by Marilyn, as the Carlson School will now have the only building on campus named solely for a female philanthropist.

The full scope of Marilyn’s imprint on the University and the Carlson School is too extensive to list here, but I would be remiss if I did not take the opportunity to acknowledge her longstanding commitment to the school in lending her strategic mindset to several deans, driving innovative new initiatives, and championing the development of women leaders. With her remarkable support for the school over the past several decades, it was no surprise that Marilyn stepped up and led our community once again with her gift to support the transformation to modernize our building.

We are awed by, and grateful to, the many leadership donors who have contributed to the Connecting Carlson project already. These gifts demonstrate the remarkable nature of our wonderful alumni and donors who have engaged with this vision. As we look to continue our progress and meet the full funding needs of the project, we ask for your continued commitment to the Carlson School and philanthropic support to enhance and modernize the world-class business education our faculty deliver.

The advancement team and I welcome the opportunity to share more about Connecting Carlson with you, and are eager to discuss how you can join the visionaries supporting this critical initiative.

Sincerely,

Jess Kowal
Assistant Dean, Institutional Advancement

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