Ways to support the Department of Marketing

Allowing students to visit your company, either as part of a student group or through "shadow" opportunities, helps students gain firsthand insight into workplace expectations, explore potential career paths and better understand how their academic learning connects to real-world practice.

If you'd like to allow students to visit your company, send your resume and information about your company (name, location, what it does) to Danny Weathers, chair of the Department of Marketing.

One-on-one mentoring helps students build confidence, expand their professional networks and gain unique perspectives.

If you'd like to be a mentor, the Office of Career Engagement can help. Complete the Clemson Business Mentoring Sign Up survey to provide your background and interests.

Industry panels typically focus on a specific industry (for example, "healthcare") or topic (for example, "AI") and help students learn about real-world marketing applications, identify career paths and expand their professional networks, while helping faculty stay up to date on marketing practice and trends.

If you'd like to organize an industry panel, send your idea for a topic and the names and contact information of 3-5 other panelists to Danny Weathers, chair of the Department of Marketing.

Internships allow students to apply their classroom knowledge in real-world settings, build professional skills and expand their professional networks.

If you'd like to sponsor a marketing intern, please create an account and post the position on Business JobLink. Once the position is approved, forward the approval email to the Department's Internship Coordinator, Lisa Papenfus, for distribution to marketing majors. For questions about posting the position to Business JobLink, please contact David Harmon.

Supporting a class project by providing data or a business problem for students to tackle allows you to engage with emerging talent, gain fresh ideas, strengthen community connections and help students apply their skills to real-world challenges.

If you would like to support a class project, send Danny Weathers, chair of the Department of Marketing, information about your idea (company name, type of data or business problem and how it could be integrated into a Marketing class).

Annual scholarships reward and support top students in Sales, Sports Marketing, Marketing Research and General Marketing.

Visit Clemson Forever for donation options. Specify that your gift will support the "Marketing Department Annual Scholarship" or the "Tiger Paw Classic" (student-run golf tournament with proceeds going to scholarships and student support).

Establishing an endowed professorship in the Department of Marketing will help us attract and retain top talent for our students.

Please contact Katharine Anne Ashmore for more information on ways to contribute.

Endowing a scholarship for Marketing students will provide ongoing financial support for our current Tigers and generations of future Tigers. An endowed scholarship has an immediate impact on students and your Clemson legacy.

Please contact Katharine Anne Ashmore for more information on how to contribute.

The J. Daniel and Nancy Garrison Sales Innovation Program develops students' sales expertise through education, experiential learning and industry engagement.

For information on supporting the Sales Innovation Program, contact Ryan Mullins, director of the J. Daniel and Nancy Garrison Sales Innovation Program, or visit their support page.

Gifts to the Marketing Excellence Fund offer the most flexibility, as they support the areas of greatest need, such as student travel and events, student awards and scholarships, faculty research and travel and student and faculty recruiting. Gifts can also be earmarked to support specific areas of impact, including:

• Providing a one-time scholarship to allow a student to study marketing in major international cities through the Gateways to World Markets (New York) or European Perspectives on Marketing (London/Paris) programs. Minimum gift: $1000 per scholarship.
• Sponsoring an industry trip for a group of students to help them gain firsthand insight into workplace expectations, explore potential career paths and better understand how their academic learning connects to real-world practice. Minimum gift: $1,500-$2,000, depending on the trip location and the number of students.
• Sponsoring a lunch-and-learn for a group of students to help them learn about real-world marketing applications, identify career paths and expand their professional networks. Minimum gift: $250- $500, depending on food costs and the number of students.

Visit Clemson Forever for donation options. Specify that your gift will support the "Marketing Excellence Fund." If you would like your gift to support one of the specific impact areas listed, please contact Danny Weathers, chair of the Department of Marketing, with your request.

The Michael J. Dorsch Memorial Annual Fellowship provides an annual scholarship to a student in the Master of Science (M.S.) Marketing program. This scholarship helps attract top students to the program.

Visit Clemson Forever for donation options. Specify that your gift will support the "Michael J. Dorsch Memorial Annual Fellowship."