The College of Liberal Arts prides itself on providing research, leadership, and service to the local, regional, national, and international communities it serves, in such diverse fields as art, communications, sociology, music, and theatre, as well as information management, economic development, clinical research, public policy analysis, and education. Our partnership with the members of our corporate community is vital to our mission. Indeed, the businesses we serve rely on our faculty's cutting edge research and our capable graduates, who, through their hands-on educational experience, bring to their workforce the ability to think creatively, communicate effectively, and respond quickly to the continually emerging challenges in our global community.

In turn, our partners in the business community continue to support the College of Liberal Arts by:

• Communicating to us their priority and emerging needs.
• Exposing students to an education larger than the classroom.
• Ensuring the continued production of a highly educated and technically proficient workforce.

Corporate support comes in many forms: scholarships, endowed professorships and chairs, special program support, in-kind gifts, faculty/executive exchanges, programmatic advisement, and gifts for innovative projects. Companies also contribute as sponsors for matching gift programs by matching any charitable contributions made by their employees.