Changing Lives KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 2006 CAMPAIGN PROGRESS & ANNUAL REPORT

Changing Lives KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 2006 CAMPAIGN PROGRESS & ANNUAL REPORT KSU Foundation Center • 2323 Anderson Avenue, Suite 500 • Manhattan, Kansas 66502-2911 785-532-6266 • 800-432-1578 • www.found.ksu.edu Produced by the Communications Department of the KSU Foundation Photographs: Young Company/Hank Young J&C Imaging/John LaBarge KSU Photographic Services/Dan Donnert KSU College of Veterinary Medicine/Dave Adams Wichita Eagle/Jeff Tuttle KSU Foundation/Joe Montgomery Surrounded by K-State students both present and future, President Jon Wefald leads the cheers at the Changing Lives Campaign Kickoff on Oct. 7, 2005. What an incredible night of purple pride! More than 750 alumni and friends came together in Ahearn Field House to launch the public phase of the $500 million Changing Lives Campaign. When the fiscal year came to a close in June of 2006, the amazing generosity of alumni and friends had propelled the campaign to $402.5 million, and set a new record for contributions in a single year. Read more inside about the milestones, momentum, passion and progress of the Changing Lives Campaign. Passi on f or p otent ia l Discovering and nurturing individual potential is at the heart of changing lives. Scholarship awards allow students to spend more hours participating in academic, social and leadership experiences, and fewer hours working to support the cost of education. Since the campaign began, 682 scholarships and awards were established that are helping students today. An additional 242 scholarships were established that will be funded in the future from deferred gift commitments. Just a few of the 158 funds created during the 2006 fiscal year illustrate the passion donors feel for changing lives, and the broad areas of study they support. George and Evelyne Lawrence Milling Scholarship Thomas M. Potter Memorial Grazing Land Management Scholarship Charles Burton Family Architectural Design Award Donald and Linda Dressler Dance Scholarship William J. and Louise K. Barrett Graduate Student Fellowships in Geology von Waaden Investment Management Scholarship Hugo and Neisha Dahlstrom Accounting Scholarship Brenda and Gib Compton Teacher Education Scholarship Coonrod Family Construction Industry Student success is a high priority for Lee and Fellowship Kathleen Borck, Larned, Kan. They recently established the Borck Leadership Scholars Edwards Engineering Dean’s Scholarship fund, which will provide 15 annual scholarship Barbara Weigand Scholarship in Apparel awards. Kathleen said, “We have a strong Marketing desire to support future leaders of our country in their quest for a KSU education.” Holly C. and E. Beth Fryer Human Nutrition Scholarship Jared J. Savage Memorial Aviation Scholarship Earl and Molly McVicker Leadership Scholarship Dr. Charles E. Cornelius Graduate Student Travel Fund in Veterinary Medicine 2 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Laura Dunn, a May 2006 graduate in early childhood education, works with children in the Hoeflin Stone House Early Childhood Education Center and the C.Q. and Georgia Chandler III Institute for Child and Family Studies. The early childhood education program in the College of Human Ecology currently serves approximately 100 undergraduate students, who each complete three clinical internships at the Stone House during their educational program. 2006 CAMPAIGN PROGRESS & ANNUAL REPORT 3 The he art of it al l A great faculty is the heart of a great university, and faculty development is a central goal of the Changing Lives Campaign. Eminent faculty members attract exceptional students and bring esteem to the university through internationally significant research and teaching. K-State has a critical need for private support to help recruit and retain the best faculty. K-State faculty members are widely acclaimed as leaders in their fields. • Three K-State professors were named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are Scot Hulbert, professor of plant pathology, Richard Marston, department head and professor of geography, and Bharat Ratra, professor of physics. • Ruth Dyer, associate provost and professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been selected as one of seven Fellows of the Association of Women in Science. • C. Michael Smith, professor of entomology, is among the six new Fellows of the Entomological Society of America. He’s been invited to give 50 presentations in 20 countries. • Stephanie Rolley, Jarvis Chair and professor of landscape architecture/ regional and community planning, was named a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. • Mark Schrock, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, was named a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Donors like Robert and Ann Regnier, Leawood, Kan., help ensure that K-State students not • Dennis Kuhlman, dean of K-State at only have top-notch professors, but also Salina, was named Engineer of the Year exposure to leading experts in their fields of by the Kansas Society of Professional study. The Regniers established the Robert D. Engineers, in recognition of his Regnier Speaker Series on Entrepreneurship leadership during the Virgin Atlantic this year to bring leading economic and GlobalFlyer project in early 2005. financial thinkers to K-State classrooms. • Melvin Hunt, professor of meat science, was named the Harry L. Rudnick Educator of the Year by the North American Meat Processors Association. 4 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Anand Desai, Ph.D., is head of the Department of Finance in the College of Business Administration, and the ConocoPhillips Faculty Fellow. Each year, ConocoPhillips provides a quarter of a million dollars to K-State for student and faculty support, and new programs. The Houston-based company is consistently among K-State’s top 50 employers of new graduates. 2006 CAMPAIGN PROGRESS & ANNUAL REPORT 5 Prid e of p lac e Creating a learning environment that fosters lively intellectual and social interactions has become complex and costly. Developing technology has spawned new ways to deliver information, which in turn necessitates new features in buildings. The modern campus infrastructure is more complicated but more flexible, offering additional alternatives that expand the classroom experience. A variety of media may be employed during a class session, including online video conferencing that connects students and instructors to the classroom from remote locations. Laboratories, study centers and libraries must now accommodate groups of students who are working cooperatively on projects. Wireless access is not a luxury any longer; students can watch lectures in real time from other locations or view recorded lectures via podcasts. K-State’s generous donors have made strong strides in enhancing the technology infrastructure and providing new and upgraded facilities. More than 2 million square feet of additional space has been added since 1986. Since the Changing Lives Campaign began, more than $58.9 million from private gifts has been contributed to build and enhance university facilities. New and refurbished space does more than add beauty and functionality to the campus — it creates pride of place and a home for the programs that advance scholarship and improve the capacity of students and faculty to change lives. Enhancing K-State’s campus is a top priority for the Changing Lives Campaign. Sid and Nearly half of the Changing Lives Susy Reitz, Salina, Kan., have made a gift to Campaign goal is earmarked for updating name the tutoring office in a new Student Life and improving facilities and the Center to be built at K-State at Salina. The technological infrastructure. Both are Reitzs are active participants in supporting vital to sustain our core campus and K-State at Salina initiatives. provide the total environment for learning and research that will secure our position as one of the Top 10 land -grant institutions in the nation. 6 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Teresa Shippy and Yoshi Tomoyasu are research assistant professors in Director Rob Denell’s lab in the Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research. The Johnson Cancer Center encourages a multidisciplinary approach with more than 40 affiliated laboratories in several K-State colleges. Research is an essential component of K-State’s mission. All faculty members contribute to the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge. With new knowledge comes the potential to change our lives for the better. 2006 CAMPAIGN PROGRESS & ANNUAL REPORT 7 Fisca l year h ighlights Dear friends: It is our great privilege to report remarkable success for the 2006 fiscal year. As you will see in the graph below, the combined total of cash and deferred commitments for the year was $92.8 million, an all- time high for the KSU Foundation. Of the $92.8 million total, $57.6 million was received in cash, and $35.2 million was committed through pledges and deferred gifts. There is no question that the excitement surrounding the Changing Lives Campaign is moving K-Staters to new levels of generosity. The $500 million Changing Lives Campaign is the most ambitious, important fundraising campaign in the history of Kansas State University. Its impact will be huge. Every aspect of the university will be Paul Stephenson touched, including student success, faculty development and the entire learning environment. State support for K-State has steadily declined to less than 25 percent of the university’s annual budget. Even with increased revenue from tuition, our

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