Cheaney Plaza Brick Project — We have received approximately 40 bricks engraved by Keith’s Monuments Company in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Those bricks are being installed the week of October 3, 2016. To date, this project has raised approximately $40,000. Circle City Classic – Summary report not available at printing of this report. Rick Smith to provide an update at the October Board Meeting. Capital Campaign — In 2011, Kentucky State University launched a $12.5 million capital campaign to commemorate the University’s 125th Anniversary. That campaign never officially concluded, but due to turnover in staff and University Leadership, the campaign has not been actively worked. In April 2016, Rick Smith was hired as the Interim Vice President of External Relations and Development and began building relationships within the Frankfort community to prepare for the relaunch of the Capital Campaign. Initially, recruitment was underway to hire a development director, but the search was suspended pending the hiring of a permanent University President and Vice President of External Relations and Development. Currently, working within the Kentucky State University Strategic Plan, we are developing a plan that supports various types of giving from a variety of potential donors with a goal of $2.9 million by the fall of 2018 (2017?). Global Advancement—retained in December 2015 by former President Raymond Burse to assist and participate in the internal and external assessment of KSU’s Development capabilities was directed to pause their work. A meeting to present findings and recommendations has been scheduled with Rick Smith in October. Vacant positions within the External Relations and Development Division have been filled. Mary Jackson, Development Coordinator; Jesse Osbourne, Communications and Publications Coordinator; Louis DeFreeze, Director, Marketing and Digital Strategy.

The position of Development Director is currently on hold.

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