In the coming decade, more and more Graduate School of Management graduates will bring this style of leadership to industry: one that values collaboration and public service over individual accolades, that doesn’t sacrifice principles for profit, and that boldly imagines change in ways that have never been seen before.

To make this possible, we need to make a graduate business education at UC Davis affordable for promising students. When we increase our capacity to award scholarships to the collaborative leaders of the future, we enhance our ability to compete for top-tier candidates who represent the diversity of California and the world. We open the doors of opportunity to the changemakers and collaborators who will drive innovation across global industries.

Today’s global economy demands agility, unconventional thinking and the ability to implement new responses to unforeseen challenges. It doesn’t necessarily take an entrepreneur to do this. It does, however, require an entrepreneurial mindset.

Instilling this mindset is a critical part of our mission going forward. That’s why we’re focused on expanding a distinctive curriculum in innovation and entrepreneurship to learners at all levels, connecting them with programs that leverage their passions and help them grow into something extraordinary.

With support for lectureships, hands-on experiences and the build-out of an Innovation Hub where scholars of all disciplines can come together to share information and ideas, we will further establish ourselves as the premier destination for business leaders who have the ambition and the ingenuity to disrupt business for the betterment of the world.