The Vice Deans’ Fund for Community Partnership invites students to collaborate and create events to bring the Wharton MBA Community together. Supporting engagement across clubs, we seek to bring students with a range of interests together through shared experiences.
ELIGIBILITY
A minimum of two official WGA clubs must work together on the program requesting funding. Regardless of membership, the program must be open to all MBA students.
Funding: The Fund will support up to 50% of the cost of a program with a maximum gift of $500. We will not fund food or drink. This fund does support venue expenses and other items that may be listed in the application’s breakdown of costs. As a reminder, it’s the school’s policy that guest speakers are not to be paid.
It is highly recommended for programming to use Penn Approved Vendors.
Timing: It is the responsibility of the applicants to apply in a timely manner which would ensure a decision on funding prior to the date of programming.
Promotion: Programs receiving funding will be required to acknowledge the Fund’s support in their promotional material.
APPLICATION
The Committee of students and administrators meets once a month during both the Fall and Spring semesters to review applications. We will notify you of a decision within one week of the application deadline (below). This is not a rolling application review process; applications will be reviewed only within one week after a deadline.
2024 – 2025 Application Deadlines
- September 22
- October 20
- November 17
- December 8
- January 19
- February 16
- March 16
- April 20
QUESTIONS?
Contact Ariyon Fountaine at ariyonf@wharton.upenn.edu
FUND COMMITTEE
Ariyon Fountaine
Associate Director in the MBA Office of Student Life
ariyonf@wharton.upenn.edu
Cheyenne Napier
WGA VP
cnapier@wharton.upenn.edu
Temi Butler
WGA VP
temilayo@wharton.upenn.edu
Jacy Zhou
WGA VP
jjzhou@wharton.upenn.edu