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$2.5M gift continues strong momentum for KU’s entrepreneurship hub

Mathew Stava specializes in charting a course. As a veteran in the technology industry and founder of Spinnaker Support, he has built a successful career as an entrepreneur. He and his wife, Kelly, hope to provide KU students the opportunity to do the same with a generous pledge of $2.5 million dollars to propel completion of a new building that will serve as the entrepreneurship hub for the university.

Kit and Diana Smith pledge $3 million to support KU students in law, athletics

Christopher “Kit” and Diana Smith have pledged $2 million to create the Dean Davis Law School Scholars Fund and $1 million to create the Kit and Diana Smith Athletics Scholarship.

David and Diane Bricker honor beloved KU chemistry professor through planned giving

David Bricker essentially grew up at the University of Kansas. When his father, Clark, joined the KU chemistry department in 1963, the university became a central part of David’s childhood.

Couple’s $1 million gift adds accessible entrance to KU Natural History Museum

A gift from Tom and Jann Rudkin will support the construction of a new accessible entrance from Jayhawk Boulevard to Dyche Hall. Remaining funds after construction will go toward partial restoration of the historic and beloved Panorama exhibit, including taxidermy specimens and other items on display.

She built an online community while battling cancer. Now her parents are echoing her spirit by supporting tomorrow’s storytellers.

Sherwood and Marlene Zellermayer of Evanston, Illinois, establish scholarship fund at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications in honor of their late daughter and KU graduate, Jessica.

$8 million gift establishes KU’s first named deanship, two professorships, in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

David Pittaway has built a storied career in private equity since graduating from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in History in 1972. As a sixth-generation Kansan, he is honoring his family’s legacy and making history of his own with the first named deanship at KU.

Blending sound and circuitry

Richard Wheeler was ahead of the curve. By the time he reached high school, he had already discovered the combination of passions that would shape the rest of his life and inspire him to make a blended gift — which includes a current gift and a gift through his estate plan — to support KU students who share those passions.