April 27, 2012
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
During the period of July 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012, Kentucky State University received the annual giving amount of $486,087 from 479 contributors – corporations, foundations, individuals and organizations. Scholarships received the largest portion of the donations in the amount of $256,404. The amount received for the Uniting Generations . . . Securing Futures – A Capital Campaign for Kentucky State University is $1,407,376.
The Office of Alumni Relations processed the following memberships: 811 annual/associate, 356 complimentary to new graduates, 296 life and 39 subscribing life for a total of 1,502 KSU National Alumni Association financial members, as of March 31, 2012. The K-Club has 37 members. There were mass mailings to alumni for the following purposes: Permanent Alumni Scholarship Fund solicitation (1,301 packages), Homecoming (8,548), K-Club (1,116), Classes in Reunion (4,181) and miscellaneous mailings (6,211). A total of 9,405 electronic mailings have been sent. There were two new/revitalized alumni chapters, and the alumni association currently has 24 affiliate chapters.
Information Technology reports progress in the Banner System's implementation: Phase I (discovery and hardware installation) is 100 percent complete, and Phase 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5 and 6 conversions are 100 percent complete. All modules have gone live as scheduled in 2011. IT has also distributed 142 new laptops to faculty; 49 were distributed to residence halls for student checkout. The campus computer labs received upgrades with a total of 156 new desktops: School of Business Lab, Education Lab, Behavioral and Social Sciences Lab, Athletics Lab, Student Center Lab and Academics With Attitude Lab.
Auxiliary Enterprise reports that housing occupancy was at 85 percent with 879 students at the end of March.
Capital Planning, Construction and Facility Operations had 48 major projects in progress or pending.
The university was covered in 445 newspaper articles in Kentucky. The advertising equivalency dollar amount (or cost saving) for the newspaper coverage of KSU was $5,359,347. The university also was covered in 147 television news stories reaching a Nielsen audience of 5,109,862 for a total ad equivalency of $72,610 or total publicity value of $217,817. There were 108 messages posted on KSU's electronic message board.