$30,000 - GOLD SPONSOR

Invitations are sent to prominent business, government, and community leaders along with hundreds of University faculty, staff, and students. The 2006 gala is scheduled for Thursday, October 26, at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore. As the culminating event of Founders Week activities, it is attended by more than 700 guests. The date and location of the 2007 Founders Week gala are yet to be determined.

Gold sponsorship benefits for each Founders Week Gala include:

• Recognition in the VOICE (campus newspaper, distribution: 5,000) and all Founders Week articles and advertisements
• Listing as gala Gold Sponsor in gala program booklets (distributed to 700+ guests)
• Recognition as bicentennial year sponsor on large gala banner
• Corporate logo on UMB bicentennial sponsor Web site with link to corporate home page 
• Eight tickets to each gala
• Sponsorship of two UMB students to attend each gala