Bryant University launches $75M campaign

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University on Tuesday launched a $75 million campaign, more than half of which has already been raised, focusing on “educating innovative leaders.”
With $40.5 million already raised, the so-called “Campaign for Bryant’s Bold Future” includes three key initiatives: a new Academic Innovation Center, slated to open in the fall of 2016; scholarship money to attract top students; and new academic leaders and faculty who stand out in their fields.
University President Ronald K. Machtley told donors at a Sept. 12 gala that the educational experience at Bryant is a valuable and “significant game changer in higher education.”
“The world is changing fast, and increasing and ever-new technology is transforming commerce,” Machtley said. “To define Bryant’s future and set the pace for others to follow, we will be bold in creating the model for educating innovative leaders with character who will make a difference around the world.”
The innovation center will be a 50,000-square-foot facility dedicated to fostering learning in a “creative and innovative” environment when contractors break ground in the spring of 2015, he said.
College Factual ranks the university’s business program among the top 10 in the country. U.S. News & World Report ranks Bryant No. 11 in the category, regional universities north, and among a select group of “up-and-coming” schools. Bloomberg Businessweek ranks Bryant’s International Business program as the 16th in the United States.
Founded in 1863, Bryant University has approximately 3,500 graduate and undergraduate students from 35 states and 85 countries. About 98 percent of Bryant’s graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation, the university said. Bryant’s Class of 2013 has an average starting salary of $53,000.
“Bryant’s distinctive 24/7 learning environment, combining innovative academic and student life programs in an award-winning setting, builds the skills and increases the confidence of our students,” Machtley said, “so that they graduate ready to make immediate contributions as leaders working in a global context. Our graduates are succeeding in every respect.”

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