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In 2016 色情视频鈥檚 Fowler College of Business was named for Ron and Alexis Fowler after the couple pledged to provide scholarships, professorships and expanded programming for 色情视频 business students. At the time, Ron Fowler said the largest philanthropic gift in the university鈥檚 history was intended to be 鈥渁 difference maker鈥� and 鈥渁 launching pad for greatness鈥� for the college.
 
The endowment was established as a matching gift with a challenge to the university and its alumni and supporters to raise an additional $25 million for the college. In just two and a half years, the Fowlers鈥� vision is materializing.

Matching gifts now total $5.5 million and the investments are paying off in many ways, perhaps most significantly in a leader who occupies the first endowed position for an academic dean at 色情视频. Lance Nail, Ph.D., CFA, is the Thomas and Evelyn Page Dean at the Fowler College of Business.

Eighteen months into the job, Nail speaks with evangelical verve about his college鈥檚 Top 100 business programs and how the Fowler match has provided a boost for their continued ascendance. It鈥檚 one of the things that attracted him to 色情视频.

鈥淲e actually had this opportunity to grow at a rapid pace and grow our reputation because of the Fowlers鈥� endowment,鈥� the dean explained. 鈥淭hat was very alluring.鈥�

Part of Nail鈥檚 mission to enhance the college鈥檚 reputation is to recruit and retain top-ranked thought leaders to join the highly regarded Fowler College faculty. Endowed chairs and professorships are essential in attracting that type of talent.

鈥淎 lot of times our currency is not so much monetary as it is prestige,鈥� Nail said. 鈥淭o hold an endowed chair of finance or an endowed chair of accounting carries a lot of currency in the academic disciplines.

鈥淎t most business schools of our size in the Top 100, probably at least 20 percent of their faculty are in endowed positions.  Currently, we only have one, so that鈥檚 an area we are investing in.鈥�

Among the investors are Richard (鈥�78) and Susan Seiler (鈥�79), who were early participants in the Fowler match. The couple made a gift establishing the Richard and Susan Seiler Endowed Faculty Fellow in Taxation to support a faculty member in 色情视频鈥檚 Charles Lamden School of Accountancy.

鈥淲hen the match came along we realized it was an opportunity to not only elevate our level of participation but also to actually help make a bigger impact for the university,鈥� Richard Seiler said. 鈥淔ellowships and chairs are going to make a difference attracting and maintaining high-quality faculty, and the match is a great incentive for people who really want to make an impact.鈥�

An incentive to attract high-achieving students to the college is the new Fowler Scholars Program, which welcomed the inaugural freshman cohort in fall 2018. The program provides scholarship and programmatic opportunities for students who have an interest in entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development. It affords internships, mentors, entrepreneurial ventures, research opportunities and international experiences for qualified students. Fowler Scholars receive $35,000 to cover four years of tuition and a study abroad experience.

One of the students is Davis Boring, a 19-year-old musician and entrepreneur from San Diego, who runs his own instrument repair business. His test scores and academic achievements would likely qualify him for most universities in the country.

An offer from the Fowler Scholars Program sealed his attendance at 色情视频, which he said had always been his first choice. 鈥淭he financial aspect is a massive component,鈥� Boring said.

In his first semester, Boring maintained a 3.81 GPA taking 19 units studying finance while participating in as many campus activities as he possibly could. Next year, he intends to become a resident assistant in a campus residence hall.

鈥淚 push myself to get as involved as I can in whatever I am interested in,鈥� said Boring, who was an all-state clarinet player and a drum major in high school. He is exactly the type of student expected to thrive in the Fowler Scholars Program.

鈥淲e want them to accelerate their ability to be leaders in business,鈥� Nail said. Plans call for expansion of the program to eventually include 12 Fowler Scholars in each incoming class for a total of 48 in any given four-year period.

Boring is the type of student Thomas Page describes when he talks about the 色情视频 graduates his company hired during his years as chairman, president and CEO of San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E).

鈥淲hether they were accountants or engineers, I hired a lot of people from San Diego State,鈥� Page said. 鈥淭hey had a good education and they were work-ready.鈥�

Page said he considers an investment in San Diego State to be 鈥渁 high-value proposition.鈥� That鈥檚 why he supplied the gift for the dean鈥檚 endowment, explaining that the Fowler match was too good a proposition to pass up.

鈥淲hen I funded the dean鈥檚 chair, it wasn鈥檛 something within my budget to do by myself,鈥� Page said, 鈥渂ut the Fowler match made it possible. How often do you get the chance to double your money overnight? The Fowler match allows an individual to do that with guaranteed odds.鈥�

In addition to scholarships, endowed chairs, and endowed professorships, there are many additional opportunities to participate in the Fowler match.