KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents External Relations and Development Committee July 22, 2016 Marriott Griffin Gate Hotel Lexington, KY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT

The Department of External Relations & Development (ERD), continues to grow and evolve to better meet the many needs of the university. The new Interim Vice President of External Relations has completed an internal assessment of the department and is implementing process improvement activities and organizational changes. This assessment included a review of current staff, job descriptions, departmental structure, publications and communications vehicles used to communicate with all audiences.

Global Advancement—retained in December 2015 by former President Burse to assist and participate in the internal and external assessment of KSU's Development capabilities is prepared to present their findings to the Interim Vice President of External Relations and Development and to the Interim President. Due to the transition in leadership, the Global Advancement team was directed to pause their work, pending the scheduling of a presentation to the Office of the President. More information will be reported to the Board during the October Board of Regents meeting.

The street banner project was completed in May, however due to dissatisfaction with the size of the banners, the banners were re-ordered in a larger format and reinstallation is imminent. The current banners will be repurposed and used on campus as interior banners.

The KSU Jordan Building Project was completed in May prior to commencement as planned. An estimate has been obtained to change the photographs on two of the four sections. The price to change the two panels is approximately 2500. It is recommended that no change be made until the end of the 130th anniversary celebration. At that time, a committee will be formed to include alumni, faculty and staff to select photographs for two new panels.

The KSU video project is complete. The videos feature two student pride videos, one recruitment video and one community video. The videos will be used for internal and external marketing and recruitment purposes. They are available for viewing.

The grant application submitted on March 15th to the Kentucky Bar Foundation on behalf of KSU and each of the Commonwealth's three law schools was not approved. The grant request in the amount of 32,000 would have funded LSAT exam preparation

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