April 26, 2013
During the period of July 1, 2012, through March 31, 2013, Kentucky State University received contributions in the amount of $1,390,140 from 455 contributors – alumni, employees, other individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations. Scholarships received the largest portion of the donations in the amount of $1,194,998. The amount received for the Uniting Generations . . . Securing Futures – A Capital Campaign for Kentucky State University is $4,688,870.
The Office of Alumni Relations processed the following memberships through the third quarter of the fiscal year: 585 annual/associate, 356 complimentary to new graduates, 299 life and 44 subscribing life for a total of 1,284 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 (1,272 packages), Homecoming (8,612), K-Club (1,228), Classes in Reunion (4,020) and miscellaneous mailings (5,157). A total of 9,612 electronic communications have been sent. The alumni association currently has 24 affiliate chapters.
Information Technology has completed the following computer upgrades: faculty PCs to laptops (142 units), laptops in residence halls for student checkout (49 units), student computer labs (256 units), administrative computers (27 units) and SMART classrooms (51 classrooms). IT also has closed 92.2 percent of its service calls.
Auxiliary Enterprises reports that housing occupancy was at 71 percent with 732 students at the end of March.
Capital Planning, Construction and Facility Operations had 25 major projects in progress or pending, of which 19 projects were completed. The department also had 2,172 work orders (an average of 56 per week), with 91 percent completed through the third quarter.
The university was covered in 610 newspaper articles in Kentucky. The advertising equivalency dollar amount (or cost saving) for the newspaper coverage of KSU was $6,121,832. The university also was covered in 85 television news stories reaching a Nielsen audience of 1,642,611 for a total ad equivalency of $26,347 or total publicity value of $79,038. There were 132 messages posted on KSU's electronic message board.