Foundation

2021

By october the donation level for the HSG Learning Center reaches 60 million Swiss francs.

2020

In may the foundation stone is laid. The donation barometer shows 52 million.

2019

The building permit for the HSG Learning Center  is issued in July. The ground-breaking ceremony takes place only a few months later.

2018

The financing of the HSG Learning Center is well on track thanks to the encouragement of generous benefactors amounting to more than 40 million Swiss francs. The winning project has been decided: the architectural firm Sou Fujimoto Architects wins the competition and impresses the panel of judges. Going-live: the HSG Foundation gets a new website with a fresh look.

2017

Speech by the benefactor partners for the HSG Learning Center of the University of St.Gallen.

2016

The foundation sincerely thanks Wolfram Martel who is handing over the office of president to Dr. Paul Achleitner after 16 years of tireless work and great personal commitment. Important course of action: the HSG Foundation decides to realise the HSG Learning Center. The new board of trustees defines the four areas of activity in which the HSG Foundation will actively support the University of St.Gallen.

2015

Extension of the University of St.Gallen on the Platztor and Rosenberg campuses: their modular master planning is completed in autumn. The financial autonomy of the University of St.Gallen is subject to new political regulations and laid down in the University Act.

2014

Initial discussions with the governmental and cantonal representatives about the newly planned campus. Urs Landolf strengthens his commitment to fundraising in the HSG Foundation after his move from PwC to Wenger & Vieli.

2013

Official rebranding: the HSG Alumni Foundation is now called the HSG Foundation and Michael Lorz is appointed Managing Director. Generous donation from the Ernst Göhner Foundation and from our Honorary Senators enable the acquisition and the expansion of the teaching building in Tellstrasse.

2012

The HSG Alumni Foundation is to be transformed into the HSG Foundation. The aim of the foundation is to promote the strategic development of the University of St.Gallen in the fields of research and teaching. The foundation supports measures and projects related to the tasks and activities of the University of St.Gallen in the form of research and support contributions. One of these projects amounting to 100,000 Swiss francs is paid out to the «Ad Hoc» campus bar, which is run with great interest by the student body.

2011

Election of Thomas Bieger as the president of the HSG and successor to the outgoing Ernst Mohr. Winfried Ruigrok succeeds Peter Gomez as dean of the ES-HSG. Alexander Burtscher hands over the office of Managing Director of the HSG Alumni HSG Alumni Foundation after two years to Daniel Bargetze.

2010

The building at Gatterstrasse 9, which is home to the Löwenzahn Nursery, is extensively renovated.

2008

Donations amounting to 9 million Swiss francs enable the construction of the Executive Campus. Participants at the executive school can now stay overnight on the premises. This makes the University of St.Gallen a campus university. Alexander Burtscher is elected as the new Managing Director of the HSG Alumni Foundation and takes over from Philipp Kotsopoulos.

2006

Markus Brönnimann takes over as the successor to the former administrative director Markus Frank on the board of trustees.

2005

New members of the board of trustees are confirmed: Markus Frank as administrative director, Ernst Mohr as president of the HSG as well as Alexander Herzog and René Käppeli.

2001

Establishment of the HSG Alumni Foundation with the aim of promoting teaching and research at home and abroad. Founding members: Wolfram Martel (President), Wolfgang Schürer (Vice President), Urs Landolf (Treasurer), Bruno Bauer, Peter Gomez, Björn Johansson, Bénédict Hentsch, Christian König and Dorle Vallender.