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KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents External Relations and Development Committee January 24, 2014 9:00 a.m. Board Room – Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky

During the period of July 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013, Kentucky State University received contributions in the amount of $218,622 from 329 contributors – alumni, employees, university friends, corporations, foundations and organizations. The amount received for Uniting Generations . . . Securing Futures – A Capital Campaign for Kentucky State University is $5,088,469 from 2,897 contributors.

The Office of Alumni Relations processed the following memberships through the second quarter of the fiscal year: 624 annual/associate, 288 complimentary to new graduates, 316 life and 45 subscribing life for a total of 1,273 KSU National Alumni Association financial members. The K-Club has 45 members. There were mass mailings to alumni for the following purposes: Permanent Alumni Scholarship Fund solicitation (613 packages), Homecoming (8,628), K-Club (1,264), Classes in Reunion (1,302) and miscellaneous mailings (5,157). The alumni association currently has 24 affiliate chapters.

Auxiliary Enterprises reports that housing occupancy was at 90 percent with 919 students at the end of December.

Capital Planning, Construction and Facility Operations had 50 major projects in progress, of which 25 projects have been completed.

The university was covered in 335 newspaper articles in Kentucky. The advertising equivalency dollar amount (or cost saving) for the newspaper coverage of KSU was $4,817,109. The university also was covered in 71 television news stories reaching a Nielsen audience of 1,465,794 for a total ad equivalency of $18,511 or total publicity value of $55,527. There were 58 messages posted on KSU's electronic message board and 57 press releases sent to the media.