Fort Dodge Animal Health, a division of Wyeth, Overland Park, Kan., has made a gift of $120,000 to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Fort Dodge Animal Health ProMeris and Research Fellowship Fund.

Kansas State University was recently selected by Dr. Min Kao, Olathe, Kan., Garmin International Inc., president and CEO, as a member of the Garmin Electrical and Computer Engineering Educational Initiative. Top K-State students studying electrical engineering will receive these premier scholarships and internships.

Mindy Weixelman, Manhattan, Kan., was recently promoted within the Kansas State University Foundation.

Representatives from Embarq Corporation presented a Kansas State University senior with a scholarship award during a luncheon Sept. 13, marking a new partnership between Embarq and K-State.

Douglas and Cynthia Smith, Niwot, Colo., have made a commitment of $250,000 to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Douglas G. and Cynthia S. Smith Civil Engineering Faculty Fellowship.

Margaret Beryl Guy, Dallas, has made a commitment of $250,000 through a bequest to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Guy Family Extension Excellence Fund.

James “Jim” S. Jordan and Cheryl L. Wilch Jordan, Corvallis, Ore., have made a commitment of $300,000 through a bequest to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Dr. James S. Jordan Scholarship and the Dr. Cheryl L. Wilch Jordan Graduate Fellowship.

Barbara Weigand, Oneonta, N.Y., has made a commitment of $506,000 to the Kansas State University Changing Lives Campaign to establish the Barbara Weigand Professorship in Apparel and Textiles. The recipient of this professorship will be a faculty member in the Department of Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design in the College of Human Ecology at K-State. Weigand’s gift was made by naming the KSU Foundation as the beneficiary of multiple retirement plans.