News Categories: KU Endowment

BKD partners and employees make $300,000 gift for KU School of Business building

University of Kansas alumni who are partners and employees of BKD — one of the largest CPA firms in the nation — have contributed more than $300,000 toward construction of a new home for the KU School of Business. Construction began this spring, and the new building will open its doors for classes in fall 2016.

KU Endowment elects new chair and five new trustees

KU Endowment’s Board of Trustees elected The Hon. Deanell Reece Tacha as new board chair and Charles E. Heath as vice chair, and elected five other University of Kansas alumni as trustees at today’s annual meeting of the association’s Board of Trustees.

KU Endowment provides record $124.1 million to KU

Every year, private philanthropy benefits all aspects of the University of Kansas. Fiscal 2014, which ended June 30, continued that tradition: KU Endowment provided a record $124.1 million in direct financial support for KU and The University of Kansas Hospital.

Private giving for KU reaches $253.2 million

University of Kansas alumni and friends set a new milestone in generosity, donating more than $253.2 million for KU in fiscal 2014, which ended June 30. This record is 45 percent higher than last year’s total of $174.2 million.

KU professor and researcher to be honored by Chancellors Club

Whether conducting research to tackle life-threatening diseases or implementing innovative classroom techniques to inspire students, James Orr, Ph.D., and Russell Swerdlow, M.D., are proven standouts at the University of Kansas.

KU receives third consecutive national fundraising award

For the third year in a row, the University of Kansas has been nationally recognized for the effectiveness and professionalism of its fundraising programs.

Former KU chancellors establish teaching professorship for School of Business

Two former KU chancellors and their wives — Archie and Nancy Dykes of Leawood, Kansas, and Gene and Gretchen Budig of Isle of Palms, South Carolina, have jointly established a new teaching professorship in the School of Business.

Hall Family Foundation makes $25 million lead gift for new health education building

A $25 million lead gift from the Hall Family Foundation is a catalyst for the University of Kansas Medical Center to move forward on plans to construct a $75 million health education building in Kansas City, Kansas.

Scholarship honors ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ star

A recent visit with students in the University of Kansas Department of Theatre inspired KU alumnus Jon Eicholtz and his wife, actress Barbara Eden, of Beverly Hills, California, to make a $300,000 gift to provide an undergraduate scholarship for students who plan to be professional actors.