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For Friends of the University of Kansas • Spring 2007 SCHOLARSHIP STORIES • ART FROM MANY CULTURES • KU AND CANCER FOR FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF K ANSAS • SPRING 2007 • kuENDOWMENT.ORG VISIONS OF KU Don’t let their outlandish poses fool you. The students surrounding Chancellor Robert Hemenway were among the brightest incoming freshmen at KU last fall. Each year, the Chancellors Club honors 16 National Merit Finalists with scholarships funded by the Greater KU Fund. Left group, top to bottom: Ryan Schirmer, Emily Tonsfeldt, Laura Edwards (orange shirt), Nameer Baker and Allison Akins. Center group, top to bottom: Kathleen Polonchek, Chris Hinton, Chancellor Hemenway, Tim Schisler (sunglasses), Chris Bohling, Thora Whitmore and Kyle Moller. Right group, top to bottom: Brian Mason (on pillar), Justin Leverett, Rebecca Getman, Brenna Daldorph and Lynne Lammers (pink shirt). PHOTO BY EARL RICHARDSON KU GIVING KU Giving is published three times a year, in spring, fall and winter, by KU Endowment, the private fundraising foundation for the University of Kansas. You are receiving this magazine because you support KU. We welcome your comments, suggestions and questions. Contact the editor at [email protected] or 800-444-4201. BUILDING a greater university: KU Endowment’s mission is to solicit, receive and administer gifts and bequests for the support and advancement of the University of Kansas. SPRING 2007 I VOLUME 1 I NUMBER 1 12 Graduate student Molly McVey studies the biomechanics of balance. 22 Fighting cancer is KU’s number-one priority. 12 The direction of their dreams DEPARTMENTS Scholarships do more than ease financial burdens. They say “yes” 3 PRESIDENT’S NOTE to students’ choices and successes, building confidence that helps 4 ACROSS KU them find their path. 6 EVERY GIFT MATTERS BY KIRSTEN BOSNAK Yes, that really is a student calling 26 BE THE DIFFERENCE 18 The object of art Use your IRA to help KU 28 BIG PICTURE The Spencer welcomes a collection documenting life and rich traditions Studying abroad soars at KU on every continent. 29 PAST AND PRESENT Senior class gifts BY KIRSTEN BOSNAK PROFILES 22 From fear to hope 7 WHY I GAVE National recognition for the KU Cancer Center will bring 25 CHANCELLORS CLUB life-saving treatments and research closer to home. Teaching Professor Craig Martin BY TONI LAPP 27 I AM KU Debate Coach Scott Harris ON THE WE B COVER: KU’s World War II Memorial Campanile, completed in 1951, was constructed and later renovated with gifts from many donors to KU Go to www.kuendowment.org Endowment. Many of the crabapple trees that grace the campus were planted with gifts from the and click on to: class of 1945. • Download MP3s of the Rock Chalk Chant or KU songs PHOTO BY EARL RICHARDSON • Print out and make the Hawkigami – our own origami Jayhawk Our core values Passion for KU The generosity of alumni and friends influences SPRING 2007 I VOLUME 1 I NUMBER 1 WWW.KUENDOWMENT.ORG the very fabric of KU, helping the university advance the frontiers of knowledge. We are dedicated to serving the university and helping it EDITOR achieve its aspirations. Kirsten Bosnak CREATIVE DIRECTOR Partnership with Donors Doug Barth Our donors empower us to accomplish our mission. We pledge to faithfully administer their CONTRIbuTING EDITORS Jen Humphrey gifts, adhere to their philanthropic intentions and Toni Lapp respect their requests for privacy. Diane Silver Perpetual Support EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Danae Johnson The long-term vitality of KU represents our ultimate, unwavering goal. We strive to wisely EDITORIAL INTERN invest funds and steward property, with the goal Megan Lewis of achieving the greatest possible assurance of SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, long-term financial support for the university. COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING Rosita Elizalde-McCoy People-centered Approach Our team of employees, trustees and volunteers guides our present and shapes our future. We President seek to attract and develop the best talent, value Dale Seuferling each individual’s unique contributions and EARL RICHARDSON celebrate diversity as a strength. CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES At KU’s Natural History Museum Kurt D. Watson ways to support ku Give by mail — Gifts made by check should be payable to KU Endowment CONTACT US One hundred percent of your gift and mailed to: benefits the area of your choice KU Endowment at the University of Kansas. KU Endowment Communications & Marketing Division PO Box 928 P.O. Box 928 Lawrence, KS 66044-0928 Lawrence KS 66044-0928 Online Giving — You may make a gift securely online using your debit or credit Estate Planning — To remember 785-832-7400 or toll-free 800-444-4201 card. Visit kuendowment.org/donate. KU in your will or estate plan, be sure to E-mail: [email protected] name The Kansas University Endowment www.kuendowment.org Gifts of Stock — By donating Association (our legal name) as beneficiary. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to appreciated securities or mutual fund Our federal tax i.d. number is 48-0547734. KU Endowment, P.O. Box 928, shares, you can provide a lasting If you have already named KU Lawrence KS 66044-0928 contribution while receiving tax benefits, Endowment in your estate plan, please such as capital gains tax savings. contact us so we can welcome you to the Elizabeth M. Watkins Society. Real Estate — Your gift provides a We also offer life-income gifts that provide convenient way for you to enjoy a charitable income and immediate tax benefits. Call our deduction based on the current fair market director of gift planning at 800-444-4201 value of your property, and it can reduce the during business hours, or visit kuendowment. size and complexity of your estate. org/gift planning. - FOUNDED IN 1891 - PRESIDENT’S NOTE From the top of the Hill As an observer, it was easy for me to live in the moment. I smiled the whole time as I watched the graduates shouting jubilantly as they passed through the campanile. I had no self-interest, so I offered to hold a woman’s place at the front of the crowd while she went to rest on a bench. I gladly moved to the back when she returned. It never felt so good to surrender a prime spot, to step back, relax and enjoy. Exactly 30 years ago this year, I was one of those KU graduates. I’m thankful I had the opportunity to renew that cherished EARL RICHARDSON memory, the feeling of collective joy, the wonder of what lies ahead. There’s no place t was a beautiful day in Lawrence. like Campanile Hill on commencement day. Sunny, in the mid-70s, a little windy, Indelible moments at KU inspire many but overall you couldn’t have ordered graduates to do something great for their a more fitting canvas for last year’s alma mater. I hope you enjoy their stories Icommencement. in our new magazine, KU Giving. For the first time in many years, I had no official obligations. I headed to the place I wanted to be: the top of the Hill, the campanile. When I arrived, the crowd was already forming. Parents, grandparents and siblings were jostling for the best spot, armed with their cameras. It was impossible not to get swept up by the air of anticipation. I could sense all the emotions surrounding me. “So this is what it feels like to have your kid graduating from college,” I thought. “Joy, pride and yes, relief!” ISSAC ALONGI For the graduates, all that hard work had paid off. But the parents and grandparents knew this represented much more. Graduating from KU is a defining Dale Seuferling, President moment, a life-changing experience. KU Endowment www.kuendowment.org 3 ACROSS KU see the cars and dead-end pathways around you — but it can be disastrous for someone who is blind. That’s why graduate student Rachel Magario (below left, with her dog, Hamlet), who has been blind since age 6, is developing a series of navigation charts that interpret KU’s Lawrence campus from the perspective of someone who is blind. The work of the KU cartographers involved in Magario’s project has been underwritten by financial support from Lawrence residents Robert and Suzanne Ecke McColl and George M. Seymour of Prairie Village, Kan. The KU chancellor’s office provided additional support. EARL RICHARDSON Spring is a great time to ride, and KU’s Memorial Drive — with its curves and its views to DOLE INSTITUTE the north — is a great place to do it. The drive was dedicated along with the campanile as a World War II memorial. ARCHITECTURE capable of withstanding hurricane-force & URBAN PLANNING winds and that can be prefabricated and shipped to a construction site. A gift from the William T. Kemper Foundation M helped support the project. isdo M R In addition, the shade structure A P design was selected for exhibition Washington, D.C., event by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt raises $2 million ore National Design Museum in New Kansas Rep. Dennis Moore, and G ils York. A second shade structure has N Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts and his wife, Honors for New Orleans project been completed for the exhibition, Franki Roberts, joined former Senate The student-designed Seventh which runs May 4 to Sept. 23; it then majority leader Bob Dole, above, at Ward Community Garden project, will be shipped to New Orleans. “Salute to the Leader,” an event held above, which includes a community Jan. 24 to honor Dole. The event tool shed and a garden shade structure, CAMPUS WAYFINDING attracted a who’s who of American has gained recognition at the regional politics and increased the endowment and national levels. The project — for KU’s Robert J.
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