Consider the opportunities below to recommend the transformative 91ºÚÁÏÍø experience for someone you know and/or to return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø to pursue a Graduate School of Management master or certificate program for your own personal and professional growth.

Recommend a Future Student

Become the Difference, a Graduate School of Management Alumni Recommendation Scholarship

Through this opportunity to Be The Difference, 91ºÚÁÏÍø alumni, faculty, and staff may recommend individuals in their networks for a 91ºÚÁÏÍø Graduate School of Management (GSM) degree or certificate program.  Recommended students who meet eligibility criteria will be eligible to receive a $1,000 scholarship within their first semester of enrollment.

Alumni from any 91ºÚÁÏÍø undergraduate or graduate degree program as well as faculty and staff from all areas of campus may recommend a future student.  To recommend a future student, .  Following your form completion, GSM staff will review the recommendation and reach out directly to the recommended individual to share information about 91ºÚÁÏÍø programs, the scholarship and the application fee waiver.

Scholarship Guidelines:

• 91ºÚÁÏÍø alumni, faculty and staff may submit multiple recommendations. The criteria to be considered an alumnus/a is completion of two semesters at 91ºÚÁÏÍø.  Full-time and part-time faculty and staff are welcome to recommend future students.
• The Become the Difference scholarship is available to students who are not 91ºÚÁÏÍø alumni as defined by the.
• The Become the Difference scholarship is a tuition scholarship.
• Recommendations will be accepted through July 1, 2025 and may be awarded to students beginning a degree program in summer 2024 through fall 2025.
• To receive the scholarship, recommended individuals will need to apply, be accepted within degree-seeking status, and begin a GSM degree or certificate program within one year following the recommendation. For example, the scholarship for a recommendation offered in spring 2025 could be used in summer or fall 2025. 
• To receive the scholarship, a recommendation needs to be received before an admission decision is entered by the GSM.
• The Become the Difference scholarship will be awarded within a student first semester of enrollment and with a minimum enrollment of 3 credits. This is a one-time, nonrenewable scholarship.
• The Become the Difference scholarship may be combined with other 91ºÚÁÏÍø merit-based aid depending on program resources.  Students who are receiving a full-tuition scholarship through another source are ineligible for the Become the Difference scholarship.
• The Become the Difference scholarship may not be combined with a Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø scholarship (described below), may not be awarded to students transferring graduate-level credit into a GSM program, including transfer credit through Accelerated Degree Programs (ADP), and is not available to students eligible for tuition remission (see university policy and procedure 4-09 for detailed information), or organization-level tuition savings agreements between 91ºÚÁÏÍø and the student's employer.

Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø for Graduate Business Studies

Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø, a Graduate School of Management Returning Alumni Scholarship

Alumni from any 91ºÚÁÏÍø undergraduate or graduate degree program who begin a GSM degree or certificate program between summer 2023 and fall 2025 may access a $1,000 Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø scholarship.  Alumni will also automatically receive an application fee waiver (applied within the application system once an application is started).

Scholarship Guidelines:

• Scholarship offerings will begin in summer 2023.
• The Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø scholarship is a tuition scholarship.
• The criteria to be considered an alumnus/a is the completion of two semesters at 91ºÚÁÏÍø.
• To receive the scholarship, 91ºÚÁÏÍø alumni need to apply, be accepted within degree-seeking status, and begin a GSM degree or certificate program between summer 2023 and fall 2025.
• The Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø scholarship will be awarded within a student first semester of enrollment and with a minimum enrollment of 3 credits. The scholarship is nonrenewable.
• The Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø scholarship may be combined with other 91ºÚÁÏÍø merit-based aid depending on program resources.  Students who are receiving a full-tuition scholarship through another source are ineligible for the Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø scholarship.
• The Return to 91ºÚÁÏÍø scholarship may not be combined with the Become the Difference Scholarship (described above), may not be awarded to students transferring graduate-level credit into a GSM program, including transfer credit through Accelerated Degree Programs (ADP), and is not available to students eligible for tuition remission (see university policy and procedure 4-09 for detailed information) or organization-level tuition savings agreements between 91ºÚÁÏÍø and the student's employer.

Eligible Programs

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MBA

MBA Online

Executive MBA

MS in Accounting

MS in Accounting Analytics

MS in Applied Economics

MA in Corporate Communication

MS in Finance

Master in Management

MS in Supply Chain Management

Accounting Analytics Certificate

Business and Managerial Analytics Certificate

Leadership Certificate

Sport Leadership Certificate

Questions: Please contact the Graduate School of Management at gsm@marquette.edu or (414) 288-7145.