Supporting our students first
With Forward Blue, we celebrate our values. We embrace our Jesuit identity. We welcome a new generation of amazing students to Creighton through the gift of scholarships and other essential support.
If you want to see Creighton continue to thrive as the place you know and love, these are the two areas where you can make the greatest impact for our students and the University scholarships and school or college general funds.
Fundraising priorities
Scholarships
Our No. 1 fundraising priority. When you make a gift to scholarships, you continue Creighton's legacy of offering a life-changing education to every excellent student who wants to come here.
School & College Funds
School and college funds support the most essential components of the Creighton experience across all fields. They support the tremendous faculty and staff who have helped our alumni become the people they are today.
Other Giving Opportunities
There are so many ways you can support the University and our tremendous students — mission, academics, faculty development, athletics, campus improvements, whatever Creighton cause means the most to you!
Forward Blue: Everything you need to know
A Forward Blue FAQ covering the ins and outs of the largest and most comprehensive fundraising campaign in Creighton's history.
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Campus improvements
Thousands of students call Creighton home, and we prioritize their needs above all others. That’s why each new campus space and renovation serves our students’ education first.
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Health sciences
Two capital projects underline the growth of our health sciences enterprise — the health sciences campus in Phoenix and the Rachel Werner Center for Health Sciences Education in Omaha. Creighton educates more professional health sciences students than any other Catholic university in the nation.
Learn more about the health sciencesFORWARD BLUE NEWS
Gift expands Creighton's Phoenix campus
On Wednesday, October 30, the Creighton University Health Sciences Campus – Phoenix hosted the grand opening of the recently completed sixth floor, dedicated to the academic success, well-being and spiritual growth of its students.
Creighton is reimagining its iconic original building
Creighton University’s original building is receiving its most comprehensive upgrade in more than 90 years.
Creighton celebrates residence hall groundbreaking
Creighton commemorated the occasion with a small gathering at the site of the future residence hall, on N. 21st Street between Cuming and Burt Streets.
Forward Blue Campaign Report
See our annual Forward Blue report, which shows many of the most impactful ways donors, alumni and friends are making a difference at Creighton University.
Embracing our strengths
Forward Blue is a promise to our community. It’s our promise to you — that we won’t lose sight of what makes Creighton, Creighton. That whatever challenges we face in the years ahead … Our values will guide us. Our mission will move us. Our alumni and friends will help us lead the way.
This is a time of record growth, new partnerships and ever-expanding global impact. What's true of Creighton will always be true — the deeper our roots, the farther our reach.
Global outreach and impact
Over the past decade, Creighton has seen incredible growth, breaking enrollment records and achieving greater national distinction through an elevated Carnegie classification. Creighton also has a remarkable track record in global outreach and education. Many established programs offer service, research, internship and volunteer opportunities abroad, as we’ve extended our international reach through the Creighton Global Initiative.
Support the Creighton Global Initiative
The future of business
Since 2011, the Heider College of Business — Creighton’s first named college — has seen enrollment surge 75%, with 4 in 5 students coming from outside the state and 50% of them staying in Nebraska after graduation. The Heider Mindset Curriculum is unique to any business school in the country, forming a new generation of world-ready business leaders.
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Creighton Athletics
Creighton Athletics has a long and storied history. Multiple programs have competed in the NCAA Tournament, continuing the University’s 30-plus-year streak with at least one NCAA Tournament team. In 2013, our move to the BIG EAST Conference brought an unprecedented level of national attention — to Creighton and Omaha. It also created countless opportunities for our nearly 300 student-athletes.
The Kingfisher Institute
Creighton strives for collaboration across all disciplines and aspires to new forms of interprofessional learning. The Kingfisher Institute was founded to celebrate this intersection of the humanities and professional programs and to fortify a Jesuit education rooted in the liberal arts.
FORWARD BLUE
Everything you need to know about Creighton's exciting future and how you can be a part of it.
Thank you
Forward Blue is a campaign focused on the students first.
Every gift given, no matter the size, continues the Creighton experience and supports this life-changing education for thousands of future leaders. Meet some of the excellent students who came to Creighton with the help of scholarships supported by donors like you.
Support scholarships
You can make a huge difference for our students by making a gift to scholarships.
Scholarships
Our No. 1 fundraising priority.
College of Arts and Sciences Scholarships
A transformative education, available to all our excellent students.
Heider College of Business Scholarships
Creating access and opportunity for the leaders of tomorrow.
College of Nursing Scholarships
Help us continue to form some of the best nurses in the nation.
School of Dentistry Scholarships
Help us continue to form some of the most practice-ready dentists in the nation.
School of Law Scholarships
Creating access to a transformative legal education.
Physical Therapy Scholarships
Supporting physical therapists trained in service and compassion.
Occupational Therapy Scholarships
Help us continue to form some of the best occupational therapists in the nation.
Pharmacy Scholarships
Help us continue to form some of the best pharmacists in the nation.
Graduate School Scholarships
Support our students as they gain the skills and values to improve our world.