KU Endowment Archives

KU Endowment board members elect new vice chair, trustee

A blizzard may have blanketed Mount Oread on Feb. 17, but the
heartwarming generosity of donors everywhere made the
fifth-annual One Day. One KU. giving day a rousing success.

Chancellors Club Award recipients specialize in drug research and mathematics education

A cancer geneticist at the University of Kansas Medical Center and a longtime professor of journalism at the University of Kansas will be honored respectively for their research and teaching by KU Endowment’s Chancellors Club.

Second 24-hour giving campaign for KU raises more than $1 million

One gift at a time, friends and alumni of the University of Kansas added to the success of the second annual One Day.

KU Endowment board elects new chair, vice chair and trustees

At the Sept. 28 annual meeting of the KU Endowment board of trustees, the board elected David B. Dillon as chair, William R. Docking as vice chair, and two other KU alumni as trustees. Dillon succeeds Deanell Reece Tacha, who served as chair since 2014.

KU recognizes two educators with Chancellors Club professorships

Two professors from the University of Kansas Medical Center, both well known as scientists, researchers and educators, now share an additional distinction of being recognized as Chancellors Club Teaching Professors for 2018.

Private giving to University of Kansas tops $257 million

Alumni and friends invested $257.4 million in the University of Kansas during the 2018 fiscal year, which ended June 30, marking the second highest philanthropic giving total in the university’s history.

Chancellors Club award recipients specialize in cancer research, journalism

A cancer geneticist at the University of Kansas Medical Center and a longtime professor of journalism at the University of Kansas will be honored respectively for their research and teaching by KU Endowment’s Chancellors Club.

KU alumnus to establish scholarship for art history students

A gift commitment of $690,000 from University of Kansas alumnus Don Sloan will establish a scholarship fund for art history students at KU.

KU alumnus announces $1 million scholarship gift to support LGBTQ students

Chad Leat, of New York, N.Y., retired vice chairman of global banking at Citigroup and University of Kansas graduate, announced a $1 million scholarship gift commitment in support of LGBTQ students at KU during a visit this week to his alma mater.