KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents External Relations and Development Committee October 25, 2013 8:30 am to 9:00 am Board Room – Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky

During the period of July 1, 2013, through September 30, 2013, Kentucky State University received contributions in the amount of $44,594 from 199 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 $4,918,700.

The Office of Alumni Relations processed the following memberships for the first quarter of the fiscal year: 619 annual/associate, 288 complimentary to new graduates, 311 life and 45 subscribing life for a total of 1,263 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 (1,278) and miscellaneous mailings (5,157). A total of 8,516 electronic communications have been sent. The alumni association currently has 24 affiliate chapters.

Auxiliary Enterprises reports that housing occupancy was at 90 percent with 925 students at the end of September.

Capital Planning, Construction and Facility Operations had 51 major projects in progress, of which 22 projects were completed.

The university was covered in 148 newspaper articles in Kentucky. The advertising equivalency dollar amount (or cost savings) for the newspaper coverage of KSU was $2,070,244. The university also was covered in 35 television news stories reaching a Nielsen audience of 802,745 for a total ad equivalency of $9,479 or total publicity value of $28,437. There were 24 messages posted on KSU's electronic message board and 32 press releases sent to the media.