Volume 1, Issue 1 January 2009

Rethinking redesign Justin Hall’s upcoming renovation and addition will feature new ideas in sustainability and design March on!

Since its humble beginnings in 1887, when professor Alexander Brown organized 15 student-musicians into the first band at Kansas State Agricultural College, the Marching Band has become an integral part of its community. Now known as the Pride of Wildcat Land, the band faces a funding challenge that will take everyone’s help to meet. In a few short years, the band’s funding from the student privilege fee will be greatly reduced or eliminated. During that time frame, university administration, Student Government Association, Department of Music, K-State Athletics, K-State Alumni Association and the KSU Foundation will work together to secure significant and permanent sources of funding for the band.

How you can help Increasing private support will allow the band to respond to crucial long-term needs including new uniforms, additional scholarships and replacement of instruments. To learn more, visit www.found.ksu.edu/band. January 2009

2 GoodShot Philanthropy on the prairie 4 GoodWord Members of Student Foundation share their appreciation for private philanthropy at K-State

Good for K-State is 6 Rethinking redesign published for the Justin Hall’s upcoming renovation and thousands of alumni and addition features new ideas in sustainability friends who advance and design K-State through philanthropy. Thank you 12 Learning from a new voice for all you do to keep K-State students challenged by learning K-State strong! disabilities benefit from a screen-reading software upgrade 14 Going global Learning abroad gives K-Staters new world view 18 Knight flight A unique gift to K-State at Salina revamps aviation maintenance program 20 GoodPlan Former K-State football players hope to start new trend in giving back to the university 24 Good for All Take this pop quiz to find out what kind of annual donor you are 26 GoodNews 28 GoodBye Honoring those who served in World War II

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Good for K-State, a magazine devoted to the inspiration and impact of private philanthropy for Kansas State University. We invite your comments, questions and ideas. Just send an e-mail to [email protected]. We are eager to hear from you and welcome your participation!

Editorial team Julie Lea, editor Shaun Kirmer, designer Amber Weaver, associate editor April Newby, writer Susan Wolf Berhow, writer Kim Zerfas, lead designer Flavia Hulsey, writer

Photographers Scott Bean, Dan Donnert, Fred and Joe Gaylor, Aaron Hawes, hy

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Philanthropy on the prairie

Native tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem in North America today, with less than 5 percent remaining. The Flint Hills are steep-sloped and overlain by shallow limestone soils unsuitable for cultivation. As a result, the vast majority of the Konza Prairie and its surrounding landscape has never been plowed and retains its native characteristics. Ecological research is the central activity of the Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS), which is jointly owned by K-State and The Nature Conservancy. It has been operated by the College of Arts and Sciences’ Division of Biology since 1971 as a field research station. More than 850 scientific articles and books have been published based on research at the Konza Prairie, and more than 100 scientists from the United States and abroad have active research projects on site. Now, through a generous private gift, the 99-year-old limestone barn on the Konza is being given new life as a modern scientific learning and meeting center. The first stage of the barn’s renovation was unveiled in September at the dedication of the Cortelyou Lecture Hall. The Cortelyou family’s donation of $300,000 is the largest single donation to the Konza since its original acquisition. Rushton Gardner Cortelyou willed the funds to K-State upon his death in 2004 to honor his father, John Van Zandt Cortelyou, a K-State faculty member from 1904 to 1934. Rushton Cortelyou’s own interest in nature, especially birding, led to the gift being designated for the Konza Prairie. The cost of the barn’s first phase was more than $700,000. Additional funding came from the National Science Foundation. Transforming the barn into an environmentally friendly, first-rate facility is an important part of K-State’s ongoing effort to develop an International Grasslands Research Institute at the Konza and become a world-class research and training institution for the study of grassland ecology, conservation and management.

How you can help Additional private funds are being sought to continue the barn’s comprehensive renovation. To learn more about Large windows in the Cortelyou Lecture Hall preserve opportunities to contribute, contact Sheila Walker at the distinctive architectural features KSU Foundation at 800‑432‑1578 or [email protected]. of the original barn.

Photos: Scott Bean

2 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 3 | GoodWord | What does private philanthropy mean to K-State students? Members of Student Foundation answer this question.

Talk back Did you benefit from a scholarship donated by generous K-State alumni and friends? Tell us why you think student financial support is important by sending an e-mail to [email protected].

Photo: David Mayes

4 Good for K-State | January 2009 Photo: Dan Donnert Dan Photo: “I hung my dad’s K-State jersey in my closet at the beginning of my senior year. Each time I saw it, I smiled fondly at the purple and white material reminding me of how close my dream was to becoming a reality.” That was the opening paragraph of my senior column in the high school newspaper, written before my parents told me they could not financially afford to send me to K-State. I was Matt Ebert, Rossville, Kan. Senior, computer science entering college when my older sister was and leadership studies entering law school and my brother was transferring to a four-year university, and Throughout my time at K-State I’ve been blessed by the regardless of how passionate I felt about going to support of generous donors. This support has developed K-State, financial barriers stood in our way. I into a passion for fostering philanthropy with my fellow cannot put words to the disappointment I felt. students. After graduating I hope to continue that passion for sharing the spirit of philanthropy with fellow Now, if I could, I would show you childhood K-State alumni, family and friends. Thank you. photographs of me at Halloween, sporting my

K-State cheerleader uniform, purple and white Davi Photo: bows in my hair, or at football games with my d family, or local Catbacker events with my dad. M ayes Then, I would personally thank you for my current photographs in the K-State student section and the newspaper photographs of me in the homecoming parade my first year of college. Because shortly after we ruled out K-State, I was awarded a scholarship made LaKrystal McKnight, possible by generous donors like you who knew Shawnee Mission, Kan. K-State meant more than just a college Senior, elementary education education. and leadership studies To me, K-State means carrying on a legacy Imagine my joy and surprise the first summer that I passed down from generations before, it means opened a letter from K-State with a scholarship inside. I the opportunity to join my mom and aunt’s have a passion for helping others, and I would not be sorority, it means wearing my dad’s jersey to my here today at K-State preparing to do so if it weren’t for first football game as a student and so much donors like you. Thank you for contributing to making more. the dreams and hopes of students like me come true!

I want you to know that your donations make a Donnert Dan Photo: lifetime of difference, and my greatest hope is to carry on a K-State legacy worthy of the award I was most fortunate to receive.

Rachel Dorsey, Emporia, Kan. Junior, mass communications and leadership studies

Robert Swift, Shell Knob, Mo. Junior, political science Student body vice president

There is no question that our alumni and donors have had the greatest impact on my K-State experience. The truth is that I would not be where I am today without their generous support. Those who continue to give to K-State inspire and challenge us to ask, “What can students do to help?” Not only have you made our K-State experiences possible, you have also taught us how to do the same for others.

www.found.ksu.edu 5 rethinking redesign

Justin Hall’s upcoming renovation and addition will feature new ideas in sustainability and design

By Amber Weaver

6 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 7 hroughout our lifetimes A home for human sciences Revitalizing Justin Hall we will face many at K-State The Justin Hall renovation project decisions: how to care for Housed in Justin Hall, the College of will add approximately 16,000 square our minds and bodies, Human Ecology has made a feet, providing urgently needed how to nurture our commitment of putting people first classrooms and student services children and aging in teaching, research and space. The new classrooms will be parents, how to make our scholarship. state-of-the-art, enabling faculty members to teach students with homes functional and Justin Hall has served the needs of today’s best technology. aesthetically pleasing, or the College of Human Ecology for the how to invest and spend our last five decades without a major “The wise use of physical resources has always been a major priority of money — all decisions that renovation. Built to house 1,000 students, the building now serves our college,” Moxley said. “We hope help us lead better lives. t 1,900 undergraduates and 300 to receive some ‘crumbling The College of Human graduate students. Last year, the classroom’ funding, but it will be confined to electrical, plumbing and Ecology at K-State makes it college generated $23 million — more than three times its base budget — in air conditioning systems. easier for us to make these grants for faculty research, outreach decisions. “We are responsible to those who and teaching projects. will follow us in Justin Hall, so we You may remember the “If K-State Human Ecology is to must ensure that funding is in place college as home economics; continue to serve the needs of our to maintain our facilities long into however, it has evolved into students, the state of Kansas and the the future,” she said. an enduring and universal world, we must invest wisely in When the Justin Hall addition is fully Justin Hall so it will continue to implemented, K-State’s College of field— shaping social, support our work far into the future,” economic and scientific Human Ecology will have two high- said Virginia Moxley, dean of the tech auditorium-style classrooms knowledge relating to people College of Human Ecology. seating 94 and 129 students, a and their environments for “Justin Hall was a model of smaller classroom, a student services more than 125 years. progressive and innovative design center, a student collaborative when it was built in 1959, and we workspace, two conference rooms must now return it to that status,” and offices for the Institute for she said. “As we move forward, we Personal Financial Planning. recognize that buildings for the 21st “All of our building upgrades will be century must be environmentally funded through philanthropic gifts responsible and designed for from our alumni and friends,” maximum human capacity.” Moxley said. “We deeply appreciate their investment in the improvements to our facilities.”

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1 The 16,000-square-foot addition will be oriented to take full advantage of natural light from both the north and the south and to minimize sun from the west.

2 s hading devices and light shelves — which allow natural light to penetrate into a building — will control the sunlight and reduce the need for artificial lighting.

3 an extensively planted “green roof” system will reduce storm water runoff by up to 50 percent. The green roof and other landscaping will feature native and drought- resistant species, greatly curtailing the need for irrigation.

4 the new addition will be clad in local limestone, fiber resin panels and windows that utilize a high percentage of recycled aluminum.

5 the building will be designed with effective insulation to reduce heat loss and heat gain. Ventilation will be controlled with carbon dioxide sensors, and windows will operate in all new spaces, allowing natural ventilation.

6 energy-efficient glazing will also reduce heat loss and heat gain through windows.

7 interior finishes throughout the building will be environmentally friendly. Adhesives and paint will be low in volatile organic compounds to enhance indoor air quality, and carpet will be made of recycled materials.

8 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 9 Rethinking redesign country could even imagine having,” further K-State’s prominence in Moxley said. “Not only have they human sciences while promoting Incorporating student design worked with spaces, budgets and student success. clients, but they have produced a This project could not be possible projects plan that can serve as our blueprint without the private contributions of to move forward in improving our Fourth-year students in the college’s K-State alumni, friends and facilities.” interior design program have been corporations. Naming opportunities gaining hands-on experience within the building exist at several working with professional designers, funding levels. Your support will while completely rethinking how the “K-State built the first ensure that K-State has the 50-year-old Justin Hall building can environment and resources to most efficiently serve 21st century human ecology building advance teaching, research and needs. scholarship for many years to come. With the help of interior design in the world, and now we “K-State built the first human ecology faculty members, the students building in the world, and now we redesigned classrooms, labs, offices plan to have the finest.” plan to have the finest,” Moxley said. and storage to reflect the college’s Virginia Moxley, dean, College of Human Ecology ongoing commitment to responsible How you can help stewardship of its resources. Private funds are being sought to Students were also responsible for The future of K-State complete the Justin Hall addition. generating ideas and floor plans for human ecology To learn more about opportunities the building’s addition. After much planning, Justin Hall will to contribute, contact Jennifer “The work that these students have be renovated and enlarged into a Rettele-Thomas at the KSU undertaken has given them a facility for teaching, research and Foundation at 800‑432‑1578 or professional experience that few learning. The building will allow [email protected]. n other interior design students in the students and faculty members to

Justin Hall naming opportunities First floor Dean’s office Student services center (part of existing building) Institute for Personal Financial Planning Conference rooms Student collaborative workspace

10 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 11 A glimpse into Departments the College of žž Department of Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design žž Department of Hospitality Management and Dietetics

Human Ecology žž Department of Human Nutrition K-State’s College of Human Ecology School enrolls more than 2,200 žž School of Family Studies and Human Services undergraduate and graduate students, making it one of the largest Centers

human sciences colleges in the žž K-State Center on Aging

nation. The college is engaged in žž K-State Family Center many inter­disciplinary and inter- žž K-State Speech and Hearing Center institutional partnerships in fields žž Sensory Analysis Center such as food safety, nutrition, health, žž Stone House HoeflinE arly Childhood Education Center and the C.Q. and Georgia sustainability and gerontology. Chandler Institute for Child and Family Studies Institutes

žž Institute for Personal Financial Planning

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www.humec.k-state.edu žž KSU Historic Costume and Textile Museum

Second floor Lecture-style classroom (capacity 88) High-tech classroom (capacity 129) High-tech classroom (capacity 94)

10 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 11 K-State students challenged by learning disabilities benefit from a screen-reading software upgrade By Susan Wolf Berhow

A computer program is talking to A.J. Thompson. said Andrea Blair, director of Specifically, it’s reading a women’s Disability Support Services, an office studies test. As the computer that serves 450 students, 80 of whom program reads the test aloud, might not succeed without the Thompson demonstrates how she adaptive software. can adjust the way the program “Students with learning disabilities reads: slower, faster and in different or who are strong audio learners voices. She’s picked a voice that’s have such a hard time with the strikingly human and is eager to talk reading process itself that they often about why that’s important to her. have a problem with comprehending “It’s made a big difference,” she said. the information they are reading,” Blair said. “Being able to hear it, they To illustrate this, she switches to the can immediately focus on software program she previously comprehension.” used and asks the computer to read again. Thompson laughs at the In fact, Blair says many students — robotic voice that fills the room. It from freshman to graduate students sounds like something out of an old — spend hours in the Disability science fiction film. Support Services office and their Adaptive Technology Lab in Hale “When you can use a voice that Library using this type of software. sounds like a person, you can They also come for other resources understand better,” she said. including listening devices, audio That’s important to Thompson books and recorded lectures. Some because it helps her overcome a students need the office to write challenge — a learning disability. In letters to instructors about their her case, it’s dyslexia. But for other disability, or they might need a note students, this type of software, one taker or sign language interpreter. of many test-taking And increasingly, these students accommodations provided by need help with technology. K-State Disability Support Services, “It used to be, when you talked about helps them overcome a wide variety disability support, you were talking of challenges including everything about architectural barriers,” Blair from cognitive disabilities to visual said. “Now it’s about technological impairments. barriers, too. If a professor puts a The new software would not have journal article online and doesn’t been possible without some very provide it in an accessible format, a special K-Staters, Jud and Linda Neal. disabled student using adaptive software may not be able to access “The Neals are the first people to the article. Making online course donate money to the Disability content accessible is an important Support Services Excellence Fund, part of what we currently do.” and that gift is what really led to the purchase of this improved software,”

12 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 13 K-State students challenged by learning disabilities benefit from a screen-reading software upgrade By Susan Wolf Berhow

How you can help

For the Neals, the decision to Disability Support Services is just one of many offices that designate their gift to Disability enhance the college experience for K-State students. Your Support Services was a natural one. They saw firsthand how the office gift can make a difference by providing flexible resources for made a difference in the life of their the following student life programs: daughter, Michelle, and they wanted Academic Assistance Center to provide flexible resources to the office so they could meet the Academic Career Information Center evolving needs of students. Career and Employment Services “We wanted to give back to the Developing Scholars school and help other students who Educational and Personal Development face similar challenges as our daughter,” Jud Neal said. “We are Greek Affairs appreciative of the university staff Housing and Dining Services for its commitment to provide services to these hard-working K-State Student Union students.” Non-traditional Student Programming Thompson is one of them. She works Office of Student Activities and Services part time at a local restaurant and as a test proctor in Disability Support Office ofS tudent Life Services. She also spends about Recreational Services three hours a day reading for her four classes. When she graduates, she To find out more, contact Mindy Weixelman at the KSU hopes to work with inner-city Foundation at 800-432-1578 or [email protected]. children with learning disabilities, maybe with a non-profit To learn more about Disability Support Services, visit organization. www.k-state.edu/dss.

Thanks to the Neals’ gift, it might be p hoto: Davi hoto: a little easier for Thompson to realize

that dream. d M ayes “Just to be able to come in here and know I am not going to have to hassle with a program that sounds like a robot is really nice,” she said. “It’s so much easier.” n

A.J. Thompson, a junior in social sciences from Minneapolis, Kan., uses improved screen-reading software made possible thanks to a gift to Disability Support Services.

12 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 13

Study abroad enriches and diversifies the educational experience. Living and studying in unfamiliar environments benefits all students — it heightens cultural awareness, improves self-reliance and nurtures a global perspective.

By Flavia Hulsey

Private support for study abroad programs at K-State will ensure that students do not simply read about different cultures, but have the opportunity to learn and grow through an international experience.

14 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 15 ck sto I Photo:

Every year more even seen the than 600 K-State ocean or flown students leave on an airplane Manhattan, Kan., by the time we to study abroad graduated from — choosing from K-State. Within more than 190 six months of universities worldwide. They can also intern, graduation we were living in Germany. work or spend summers in just about any country “That experience greatly expanded our perceptual in the world. The experiences gained by students map — our world view. It shaped our thinking, who study abroad are numerous and invaluable. our decisions and, we believe, our future success.” But the experiences of these students are not Last year, they established the Kendall purely academic. According to Yar Ebadi, dean of Scholarship for Overseas Experience for College of the College of Business Administration, and the Business Administration students. The Kendalls’ department heads in the college, they notice a fund has already helped nearly 20 business dramatic difference in the maturity, motivation administration students travel abroad. and perspective of those students who have traveled abroad compared to those who have not. “We hope these scholarships dramatically expand the students’ world views so that they are more Larry and Pat Kendall, Fort Collins, Colo., successful in their careers, lives, relationships experienced a similar growth in their global and as citizens,” Pat Kendall said. perspective when they lived in Europe shortly after graduating from K-State. Turn the page to meet some of the students who have benefited from the Kendalls’ gift. “Growing up in Kansas, we had not really seen any of the world,” Larry Kendall said. “We hadn’t

www.found.ksu.edu 15 Going global Thanks to travel abroad scholarships from K-State alumni, students can experience new cultures across the world

he tallgrass prairies and rolling hills of These students may then apply this TManhattan, Kan., provide the perfect international knowledge toward their backdrop for the more than 23,000 students degree field and in their future careers. who make K-State their home in pursuit of a “I feel very fortunate in that every day I see college degree. the positive difference the Kendall In an increasingly global workplace, scholarship program is making in the however, employers seek well-rounded classroom and in the lives of so many of our students who have studied outside of the students,” said Swinder Janda, professor of United States. marketing and Paul Edgerley Chair in Global Business. “It has been my pleasure to help Study-abroad programs allow students to implement the program, which has been a complete coursework while also tremendous educational asset to our experiencing firsthand the culture, students interested in study abroad.” traditions and practices of a foreign country.

Mazatlán, Mexico Experiencing other cultures hoto p Being from Manhattan, Kan., I never really had much exposure to world culture. I saw that the people in Mazatlán, Mexico, live so ourtesy

c simply — in a good way. I realized that here, in the states, we sometimes live in excess. In the classroom My Spanish has improved immensely after studying abroad, which is evident in my comprehension and performance in my current Spanish class, Hispanic readings. In my pursuit of the Certificate in International Business, I will be able to relate my study-abroad experiences to the teachings in various classes. Words of gratitude Thank you to the Kendalls from the bottom of my heart. The support that you provided is something that has enabled me to become not only a better student but also a better person. One day, I hope to return the favor you have given me to future Nathaniel Garcia students at K-State. Senior in accounting with an International Business Certificate and minor in Spanish

16 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 17 Dublin, Ireland Learning the culture hoto p I was fully immersed in the Irish lifestyle. It’s a highly laid back culture, and they take family and respect seriously. Irish people ourtesy

c are so genuine and sincere; they love to talk about the states and U.S. politics. It was fun for me to hear what other people think about the only life that I know. Working abroad I had an internship with the largest Irish insurance company. I lived and worked in the heart of Dublin for two months. As part of my program I also took a course in Irish culture and history. I believe my experience will help in my future career endeavors because studying abroad is not something that many people can say they have done. Words of gratitude Thanks to the Kendalls for your help in getting me to Ireland. I can never repay the experience you became part of. I have no regrets and countless memories from the chance that I had this Mandy Norton summer. Senior in finance with a minor in economics

Seoul, South Korea Two cultures hoto p I am half Korean, and this was the first time I had ever had the opportunity to see the other side of my culture. I realize now ourtesy

c from meeting my family why I am the way I am in certain aspects. Before, I just figured I had my own ways of doing things, but now, I feel a greater link to my relatives overseas. Challenging coursework I completed two business courses, taught by professors from around the world, and they were some of the toughest classes I have ever taken in my life. I had the opportunity to study with students from across the world, and though the classes were challenging, I did well in both. Words of gratitude I cannot thank the Kendalls enough. This experience was much more than just a typical study-abroad experience. It allowed me to get to know who I really am and find a place in the hearts of my relatives that have never had a relationship with me. The Donald Hampton opportunity given to me because of your contribution is priceless, and I will forever be indebted. Junior in management information systems with minors in economics and leadership studies

How you can help Talk back Private funds to support study abroad experiences help Did you travel abroad while you were a student? students gain a broader world view, which is increasingly Tell us about your experiences by sending an e-mail necessary in a global workplace. To learn more about to [email protected]. n opportunities to support students who wish to study abroad, contact Bill Grevas at the KSU Foundation at 800‑432-1578 or [email protected].

16 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 17 A unique gift to K-State at Salina revamps aviation maintenance program

By April Newby Photos by Jim Turner Knight flight www.found.ksu.edu 19 enny and Tamara Knight arrived at K-State at Salina the way many do — by plane. But this time the Knights didn’t leave on their Cessna 421‑B; they left it as a gift for students instead. KThe Knights, generous friends of the university, donated the airplane to K-State at Salina in December 2007, and it’s the reason why aviation maintenance students are looking at their classes in a whole new way. Because the aircraft is so different from others the university owns, students in the aviation maintenance program were afforded a slew of new opportunities. The Cessna is one of only a few aircraft the students will From left: Allan Richardson, junior in aviation maintenance, Andrew Smith, assistant work on that will also be taken into professor of aviation maintenance, and Jesse Taylor, senior in aviation maintenance, inspect the air, pairing a practical element the condition, color and quantity of the aircraft engine oil. with concepts taught in class. it’s a full complete airplane,” said “The students would learn anyway, John Seim, junior in aviation How you can help but this donation allows for a higher maintenance and the professional If you are interested in supporting level of learning and elaboration,” pilot program. “It gives you a great K-State at Salina’s aviation programs, said Andrew Smith, assistant appreciation for the program.” contact Mark Friesen at the KSU professor of aviation. “It will be a K-State at Salina, also known as the Foundation at 800-432-1578 or hands-on experience for them.” n College of Technology and Aviation, [email protected]. Previously, the students’ experience can trace its roots back to the mid- was limited to single-engine work. In 1960s, when it was simply known as addition to being a multi-engine the Shilling Institute. The program plane, the Cessna is a cabin-class has made leaps and bounds since, aircraft that needs constant care and and provides an undeniable pull for maintenance — a much more potential students. competitive tool for learning. The Knights’ donation will continue “It’s great live experience on an to keep K-State’s aviation airplane we will actually be flying; maintenance program competitive. Allan Richardson, junior in aviation Clockwise from top left: Richardson, Seim maintenance, simply smiled when and Taylor install screws in the inner engine asked about the donors. cowling. The Cessna is one of only a few John Seim, junior in aviation maintenance aircraft the students at K-State at Salina will “I’d like to give them a good thank and the professional pilot program, have the opportunity to work on that will you.” demonstrates how to operate the flight and also be taken into the air. engine controls of the Cessna. Knight flight www.found.ksu.edu 19 | GoodPlan |

It’s a late Tuesday morning in Kansas City, Mo., and two K-State football greats are meeting to share their insights about what they hope will be a new trend in K-State football — giving back to the university. Jon and Gretchen McGraw arrive with 14-month-old son, Lawson, who immediately points to the television. His excitement is focused on the Monday Night Football recap on ESPN, and he wants to make sure Dad is watching, too. Enter Kevin Lockett. He grins from ear to ear when talking about the joys of diaper duty and early mornings that accompany the newest addition to his family: twin sons Jacob and Jordan. After a few moments of catching— aup, little Jon, bit Gretchen of reminiscing and Kevin focus on the task at hand about K-State and a lot of discussion about its future.

20 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 21 Kevin Lockett goes beyond football. I’m a big fan of

ormation the university, and what the f n As a highly acclaimed university stands for — from the orts I orts at K-State, Lockett joined the NFL in president to coaches to everything

tate Sp S tate 1997. His career as a professional that happens within the Manhattan wide receiver lasted seven years, community — and that makes Photo: K- Photo: playing for the , K-State special.” Washington Redskins, Jacksonville Last summer, Lockett and his wife, Jaguars and . Cheryl, decided to support K-State Twelve years after his graduation football and the School of from K-State, Lockett is still the Leadership Studies with a gift of life career leader in receptions, receiving insurance. yards and receiving touchdowns. “Our intent was to give to the areas “My time at K-State was absolutely that were special to our hearts,” unbelievable; I couldn’t have gone to Cheryl Lockett said. “Kansas State a better place,” he said. “Coach (Bill) football will always be special to Lockett was a second-round NFL Snyder is a great football coach, and Kevin and creating future leaders is draft pick from K‑State. His favorite everybody knows that — but he a part of our family’s mission.” athlete while he was growing up was really helped me grow up, think Michael Irvin. “By giving a gift of life insurance, we outside of just football and place were able to give a substantial gift to importance on my family, K-State — something that a lot of schoolwork and future.” families don’t think about until Lockett is still involved with the they’re older,” Kevin Lockett said. university, serving on the leadership “It’s important to see a new trend of committee for the School of younger people, especially former Leadership Studies and as a member athletes, who are interested in of the KSU Foundation Board of giving back, and in big ways. I hope Trustees and Executive Committee. this will create a movement that Jon “I didn’t realize how big a K-State fan (McGraw) and I can look back and I was until after I graduated,” Lockett remember being at the forefront of said. “K-State fans are great, but it something else at K-State.”

Lockett and his wife, Cheryl, recently made a gift of life insurance to benefit ‑K State. The Locketts have four sons: Tyler, 16; Sterling, 5; and newborn twins Jacob and Jordan.

20 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 21 | GoodPlan | Jon, Gretchen and Lawson McGraw welcomed a baby girl to their family in December. The McGraws recently made a gift of life insurance to K‑State.

McGraw and his wife, Gretchen, also lot of unknowns. Our gift was a great Jon McGraw decided to support K-State Athletics option to fit our stage of life. We were A native of Riley, Kan., McGraw was a and the School of Leadership Studies still able to give a sizeable gift that non-scholarship, redshirt freshman through a gift of life insurance. we were happy to give — and that we thought K-State deserved.” n at K-State in 1997, but quickly became “I want to give back to who I’ve the favorite hometown boy on the received from,” McGraw said. team.

“K-State has done a tremendous ormation f “I still remember the first game my amount for me, and although I n freshman year, walking down the worked very hard, the university I orts

ramp and seeing that sea of purple gave me a great opportunity.” Sp S tate and feeling goose bumps,” McGraw

Although Gretchen McGraw did not K- Photo: said. “It was almost like growing up attend K‑State, she shares her in a fishbowl — like the Truman husband’s feelings about the Show — a perfect little world at importance of supporting the K-State.” university. McGraw became a starter as a junior, “Since I had to work through school, and received Big 12 Honorable I was able to see how big a role Mentions by the national coaches scholarships played in allowing and Associated Press. He was drafted students to be involved in campus to the NFL in 2002 as a second-round life and focus on academics,” she pick by the New York Jets. He also said. “With this gift, we wanted to played two years with the Detroit create more availability for students Lions and is currently with the to receive scholarships.” Kansas City Chiefs. “Giving back to K-State is something “Having played in the NFL for a while, that we wanted to do — it was just I have a greater appreciation for the something that we thought would be support through the good times and way down the road,” Jon McGraw the bad that K-State fans have always said. “At this stage in life, there are a Jon McGraw credits his father as a source of had,” he said. inspiration on and off the field.

22 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 23 How you can help If you are interested in making a philanthropic impact at K-State with a gift of life insurance, contact the gift planning department at the KSU Foundation at 800‑432‑1578 or [email protected].

Gifts of life Other K-State insurance football philanthropists A gift of life insurance enables a donor to “My wife, Kaye, and I are honored to have been make a substantial future gift by making blessed with resources to establish a scholarship modest premium payments over time. in honor of my family. K-State football has been a major part of my family’s traditions. In addition to “Because my wife and I have young playing on the field, our many family members

children and many future expenses, this Courtesy and friends who sat in the stands to root for our was a great way to give a substantial gift Wildcats made the difference in how the Bogue p in a creative way,” Kevin Lockett said. hoto family enjoyed K-State football.” — Gary Bogue, K-State safety, 1973–76, and There are several ways to make a gift to graduate assistant coach, 1980–82 K-State through life insurance: Donors may wish to change the ownership and “I am proud to be a part of the foundation that beneficiary of an existing policy or Coach (Bill) Snyder built at K-State. I know that I

purchase a new policy with the KSU Photo: K- would not be in the position I am in today without Foundation as owner and beneficiary. his mentoring, guidance, coaching and most of all S tate Sp If you make K-State the owner and his ability to bring out the best in me. After beneficiary of a policy, you are entitled orts I speaking with former players Joe Gordon and n f to certain tax advantages. ormation Kevin Lockett, it was easy for me to make the decision to give back to the program that gave me The contract’s value and premiums, the opportunity of a lifetime!” given to K-State through the KSU — Damion McIntosh, K-State lineman, 1995–99 Foundation, may qualify for an income tax deduction. Upon death, the “I was fortunate to receive a K-State scholarship insurance proceeds go to the designated that provided me the opportunity to play football, purpose at the university set forth by which I loved, and achieve a bachelor’s degree in the donor. industrial engineering. During my 32-year career

Photo: royal Photo: with 3M, I was able to realize the value of a K-State “If you have an interest in giving a gift, in education. I now feel it is payback time, and I want my opinion, K-State is the ideal to help student football athletes achieve a college p ur

recipient,” Jon McGraw said. “The KSU p degree and enhance K-State’s ability to continue le Foundation has a multitude of ways to attracting outstanding educators in the College of be able give back. We encourage Engineering.” everyone to investigate how they want — Dean Skaer, K-State center and to have the greatest impact at K-State.” right linebacker, 1956–58

22 Good for K-State | January 2009 www.found.ksu.edu 23 | Good for All |

Wh a t ki n d o f a n n ua l d o n o r a re y o u? There are many ways to make a statement with your gift to K-State each year — you just have to find the right fit for you. Take this quiz and find out your annual giving personality.

1. I would describe my giving habits as: a. Consistent. I’ve been giving to K-State for years. b. Non-existent. I’ve never given before. c. Sporadic. I give off and on, depending on the year.

2. When I think back on my years at K-State, the memories I cherish most are: a. Outside the classroom. Campus life was most important to me. b. In the classroom. My experience in my academic major made the biggest impact. c. Both! I have so many good memories, I have trouble choosing.

3. When it comes to my philanthropic goals, I want to: a. Help out a “mini-me.” I want to help students in my college who like what I was into as a student. b. Support all K-Staters. I want to help students, faculty, facilities — wherever the need is greatest.

c. Make a big impact. I love K-State so much, I’m dreaming big! 1. a=3, b=1, c=2 2. a=2, b=1, c=3 Scoring 3. a=1, b=3, c=6

What is considered the university’s “greatest need” FAQs fo r t h e c o m i n g y e a r ? Without a doubt, scholarships. With a challenging What is annual giving? economy and tuition increases, the need to help students K-Staters become annual givers when they make the offset the cost to attend K-State is the university’s decision to give back to K-State each and every year. greatest challenge. Enrollment at K-State is at an all-time Some K-Staters choose to give back to their academic high, which is exciting — it means we’re continuing to college, some choose to support a specific program or offer one of the best higher-education opportunities in campuswide needs through the K-State Annual Fund. No the state. But providing resources to help these students matter what area you choose to support, your consistent pay for tuition and books is continually more difficult. giving ensures K‑State’s future as one of the nation’s top That’s why private support from generous K-State alumni land-grant universities. and friends is so crucial right now.

24 Good for K-State | January 2009 3–4 points: 5–8 points: 9 points College fund K-State Annual and above: donor Fund donor Leadership gift For you, it’s all about your You love all things K-State, and donor experience in the classroom, and your commitment to the K-State you’d like to make sure current Annual Fund benefits so many Your checkbook is purple. and future K-Staters have the aspects of campus. Your gift You’re passionate about giving same opportunities. You give allows university President Jon to your favorite college and back to a specific college or Wefald, as well as the soon-to-be- programs, as well as to the program by responding to selected university president, the K-State Annual Fund. You have appeals in the mail, giving online ability to further many areas of the ability to give at a higher or answering your Telefund call. greatest need across campus — level, and your gifts are Your generosity provides flexible new lab equipment, technology instrumental in helping various resources that help meet the upgrades, library acquisitions, areas on campus achieve goals needs of students and the faculty faculty and staff enhancements that would otherwise be who serve them, such as facility and, of course, scholarships. And impossible. But you always and technology improvements, many ways exist to support the yearn to do more and offer help programs that enhance student K-State Annual Fund. You can where it’s most needed. The and faculty diversity, research make a gift to the annual fund good news? You can! Contact opportunities and the online or through letters you get Mindy Weixelman at the KSU university’s most pressing need in the mail. So whether you’re a Foundation at 800‑432-1578 or — scholarships. Bottom line — first-time giver, or a long-time [email protected]. academic deans count on your K-State supporter, your gift, when gifts to make sure all K-Staters added together with others’, are getting the best education combines to make an immediate possible. impact at the university.

How do I choose from Does even a small gift the various requests to e a c h y e a r re a ll y m a ke t h a t c o n t r i b u t e t o K-S t a t e? much of a difference? There’s no one way to be an annual donor. Those requests Yes! When it comes to the K-State family, there is you receive represent all the different options you have to strength in numbers. When all of our gifts are added contribute each year. From your Telefund call and other together, K-State alumni and friends can make the requests from your academic college, to appeals for the biggest impact on the university’s future. Your gift — no K-State Annual Fund and other programs, you can give matter the size — really does make a difference! back to the areas you care about most.

www.found.ksu.edu 25 Photo: Photo: Douglas Benson A | GoodNews | Pruss my K-State faculty and staff participate in annual campaign For the second year in a row, 32 percent of K-State faculty and staff members participated in the Unity and Pride Campaign, the 2008 All- University Campaign for K-State, including more than 230 individuals who gave for the first time. In its third year, the faculty and staff fundraising campaign to benefit K-State matched participation from last year’s successful campaign and doubled participation from the inaugural 2006 campaign. Two professors receive alumni “I was pleased with the participation we achieved, particularly in light of association’s Iman Awards the current economic situation,” said Gary Pierzynski, one of four Douglas Benson, professor in the Benson was honored with the Dr. campaign co‑chairs and head of Department of Modern Languages, Ron and Rae Iman Outstanding K-State’s Department of Agronomy. and Kenneth J. Klabunde, University Faculty Award for Teaching for his “The importance of private giving to Distinguished Professor in the excellence in high quality of K-State will only continue to Department of Chemistry, were instruction, strong relationships increase.” honored Nov. 17 with the Dr. Ron with students inside and outside of and Rae Iman Outstanding Faculty the classroom and reputation for A group of about 100 campus Awards for Research and Teaching. scholarship and distinguished volunteers helped coordinate the service to the university. campaign that was specifically The K-State Alumni Association focused on the participation of all presented the awards during a “I am especially thankful to the employees, faculty and staff of the ceremony at the alumni center with Imans for their contribution,” campus, the K-State each recipient receiving a $5,000 Benson said. “It is very gratifying to Alumni Association, stipend. be in my 40th year of teaching and KSU Foundation and K-State Athletics. Student Foundation earns top honors Members of the KSU Student Foundation were recently presented with an award for Outstanding External Program by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education Affiliated Student Advancement Program. The award recognizes Student Foundation for their efforts to raise funds through the K-State Proud campaign, which creates Student Opportunity Awards for the K-State community. Members were recognized for their innovative approach to engaging K-State students in philanthropy. Student Opportunity Awards are distributed in two ways:

K-State Hero Awards recognize students who have shown an outstanding commitment to K-State through campus leadership, community service or other areas of student life.

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d Minnesota couple supports ROTC at Photo: Davi K-State A dedication ceremony for a building in the Jardine Complex to house K-State ROTC students was held Oct. 4. The Saunders Barracks was made possible through a generous gift from Col. H. Duane and Bonnie Saunders, Eden Prairie, Minn. The Saunderses’ $1.5 million contribution to K-State named the Saunders Barracks and will also create the H. Duane and Bonnie Saunders Scholarship, will endow Kenneth Klabunde the Colonel H. Duane Saunders and Bonnie Saunders Army ROTC receiving this award. There are so “This means a lot to me and my Excellence Fund, and will provide many other faculty members who students,” said Klabunde. “It’s very support to the Department of are deserving of this award as well.” prestigious coming from alumni of Housing and Dining Services. K-State. I especially appreciate it Benson came to K-State in 1980. His because it is an award specifically for “We are elated by this thoughtful academic interests include 20th faculty accomplishments. More of gift made by Duane and Bonnie,” century Spanish and Chicano poetry these types of awards are needed.” said Lt. Col. Arthur DeGroat, and strategies for teaching language, director of military affairs at culture and literature. Klabunde has been at K-State since K-State. “The barracks as well as 1979. He has pioneered research on Klabunde was honored with the the excellence fund will help microscopic nanoparticles, and has Dr. Ron and Rae Iman Outstanding improve the quality of life for our published more than 450 journal Faculty Award for Research for his Army ROTC students and the articles and three books. significant contributions through quality of the program.” research to improve the betterment The Saunderses’ gift named of the educational experience or building number nine in the whose research has had a significant complex as the Saunders Barracks. impact on his or her area of study. Occupancy for the barracks began in the fall 2008 semester. ayes M d

K-State Proud Awards are Photo: Davi distributed by a student allocations committee to help students who are struggling to make ends meet and have exhausted all other forms of financial assistance. Sponsored by the KSU Foundation, Student Foundation works with foundation staff and volunteers to uphold the mission of uniting philanthropic desires with university priorities.

Saunders Barracks in the Jardine Complex.

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Army ROTC cadet Chance Moyer and Air Force ROTC cadet Maj. Scott Ferguson tip an ammunition box containing soil from Arlington National Cemetery and veterans’ cemeteries from throughout Kansas to become part of the foundation upon which a World War II memorial will be built at K-State.

Photo: Alan Honey Honoring those who served in World War II

Shrapnel from the battlegrounds of France and sand from Iwo Jima are now part of the foundation upon which K-State’s new World War II memorial will be constructed. An Oct. 25 ceremony to break ground for the memorial was attended by more than 100 people, at least 30 of whom contributed soil to honor K-State veterans. Soil from Arlington National Cemetery and veterans’ cemeteries from throughout Kansas was also added to the site. The idea for a World War II memorial on campus was championed by a small group of war veterans who worked with university President Jon Wefald and the KSU Foundation to find a site for the memorial and to raise private funds to build it. The memorial will honor the more than 7,500 K-Staters who served their country during World War II. Located north of McCain Auditorium and south of the lawn in front of Anderson Hall, the memorial will be situated on the newly constructed Goldstein Circle Drive, named in honor of Jack Goldstein, Manhattan, Kan., a longtime university supporter and benefactor of the memorial.

How you can help Fundraising is ongoing for phase two and three of the project, which will include construction of the actual memorial and the creation of an interactive data system to record the names and biographies of those who served. Please contact KSU Foundation President Gary Hellebust at 800-432-1578 or [email protected] to learn more.

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