January 28, 2011

During the period of July 1, 2010, to December 31, 2010, Kentucky State University received $187,348 in donations from 192 contributors – corporations, foundations, individuals and organizations. Scholarships received the largest portion of the donations, in the amount of $173,617.

The Office of Alumni Relations processed the following memberships: 549 annual/associate, 262 complimentary to new graduates, 287 life and 26 subscribing life for a total of 1,124 KSU National Alumni Association financial members, as of December 31, 2010. The K-Club has 33 members. There were mass mailings to alumni for the following purposes: Permanent Alumni Scholarship Fund solicitation (36 packages), Homecoming (8,099), K-Club (684), Classes in Reunion (2,383) and miscellaneous mailings (7,901). A total of 3,827 electronic mailings were sent. There were two new/revitalized alumni chapters, and the alumni association currently has 24 affiliated chapters.

Information Technology reports progress in the Banner System's implementation: Phase I (discovery and hardware installation) is 100 percent complete; and the Phase 2 and 2.5 conversions are 100 percent complete. Training for the Finance and Human Resources modules has begun. All conversion and go-live phases will be complete in 2011.

Auxiliary Enterprise reports that housing occupancy was at 96 percent with 982 students by the end of December 2010. Also, Capital Planning, Construction and Facility Operations had 19 major projects in progress.

The university was covered in 300 articles in Kentucky. The advertising equivalency dollar amount (or cost saving) for the newspaper coverage of KSU was $5,140,605. The university also was covered in 88 television news stories reaching a Nielsen audience of 2,506,068 for a total ad equivalency of $76,027 or total publicity value of $228,072. There were 131 messages posted on KSU's electronic message board.

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