January 25, 2013
During the period of July 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012, Kentucky State University received contributions in the amount of $685,828 from 258 contributors – alumni, employees, other individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations. Scholarships received the largest portion of the donations in the amount of $636,409. The amount received for the Uniting Generations . . . Securing Futures – A Capital Campaign for Kentucky State University is $4,102,472.
The Office of Alumni Relations processed the following memberships through the second quarter of the fiscal year: 570 annual/associate, 356 complimentary to new graduates, 299 life and 44 subscribing life for a total of 1,269 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 (4,626). A total of 9,302 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). Other significant projects completed include Banner ERP core implementation, Blackboard Transaction System upgrade, infrastructure upgrade as part of the University Police Department relocation, infrastructure creation for the Rosenwald Center for Families and Children and direct network connectivity to the Research and Demonstration Farm. IT also has closed 92 percent of its service calls.
Auxiliary Enterprise reports that housing occupancy was at 80 percent with 821 students at the end of December.
Capital Planning, Construction and Facility Operations had 24 major projects in progress or pending. The department also had 1,680 work orders (an average of 65 per week), with 86 percent completed in the first and second quarters.
The university was covered in 387 newspaper articles in Kentucky. The advertising equivalency dollar amount (or cost saving) for the newspaper coverage of KSU was $4,202,857. The university also was covered in 43