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Archive for April 2007

Montgomery County students to benefit from scholarship

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Joseph and Dorothy Dunbar, Wichita, Kan., have made two charitable gift annuities of $28,554 to the Kansas State University Foundation Changing Lives Campaign to establish the J. Dunbar Family Agricultural Scholarship.

Stevens County students to benefit from scholarship

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Ralph and Mary Ann White, Eagle Nest, N.M., have made a gift annuity of $30,000 through a charitable gift annuity to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Ralph D. and Mary Ann White Scholarship.

Manna Pro employees give $62,809 for K-State feed science scholarship

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Employees of Manna Pro Corporation, Chesterfield, Mo., have made a gift of $62,809 to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Manna Pro Employees Feed Science Scholarship.

Goddard couple pledges funding to KSU Gardens in honor of parents

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

William F. (Trahy) and Beth Hurst, Goddard, Kan., have made a commitment of $100,000 through a life insurance policy to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Betty and Bill Hurst Excellence Fund for KSU Gardens in honor of his parents.

K-State students from more than 40 Kansas counties earn Telefund prizes and honors

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

The Kansas State University Foundation Telefund 2007, the world’s largest all-volunteer telephone campaign for higher education, has announced the names of 145 students who have won prizes and scholarships based on their participation as Telefund callers.

Wichita resident creates $250,000 endowment for KSU scholarships

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Kara Belew, Wichita, Kan., has created an endowment through a universal life insurance policy of $250,000 to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Kara E. Belew Education Scholarship and the Kara E. Belew Leadership Scholarship.

KSU alumna commits $500,000 to KSU College of Education scholarship

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Karen McMillen, Bella Vista, Ark., has made a bequest of $500,000 to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Karen S. McMillen Scholarship.

Mission Hills (Kan.) couple establishes K-State football scholarship

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Norman K. “Sam” and deAnn Moore, Mission Hills, Kan., have made commitments totaling $615,000 to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign, part of which is to establish the Sam and deAnn Moore Football Scholarship.

K-State selected for ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars Program

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

ConocoPhillips staff members and K-State’s first class of ConocoPhillips SPIRIT Scholars gathered outside the K-State Alumni Center for a reception.

E*Trade founder Bill Porter and wife Joan donate $1 million to K-State for physics chair

Monday, April 16th, 2007

William A. (Bill) and M. Joan Porter, Princeville, Hawaii, have made a gift of $1 million to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the William and Joan Porter Chair in Physics.