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May 2015

BOARD MEETINGS Held in the Dreiling Board Room and via teleconference Investment Committee May 13th @ 10:00am

WHERE WE ARE HEADED IN MAY:Melanie Bannister: Throughout Kansas all month.

Jared Schiel: Throughout Kansas all month.

Jason Williby: Missouri and Arkansas (5-7), Kansas City and Topeka (18-21), throughout Hays the rest of the month.

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Birthdays Board of Trustee Members

May 2 Andrew Rupp May 4 Dr. Edward Hammond May 13 Tom Thomas May 14 Tom McGavran May 16 Russ Pfannenstiel May 17 John Clarke May 28 Dr. Ed Stehno May 29 Senator Jerry Moran

Staff Anniversaries Years devoted to your Foundation

May 16 Erica Dinges, 8 years May 16 Laura Dougherty, 2 years

As of March 2015, your FHSU Foundation’s net assets are nearly $72 million. An all-time high in our 70-year history.

Save the Date

2015 Tiger Auction & Dinner

Saturday, August 22nd

Our 3rd annual Student Awareness Day lunch was held April 22nd and approximately 350 current Fort Hays State students stopped by to receive a free BBQ lunch, a chance to win a scholarship for use in the fall 2015 semester, and a photo opp with Victor E. Tiger! Representatives from Astra Bank, the event sponsor, stopped by the lunch and drew the names of a few lucky scholarship winners! To read more about this event, please visit: http://foundation.fhsu.edu/pressrelease/2015awarenessday.php

$2000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN AT AWARENESS DAY

Omer “Hap” Voss, Jr., of San Francisco, is the son of Omer Sr. and Annabelle Voss, long-time supporters of Fort Hays State and two people who truly believed in education and the importance of providing young minds with the opportunity to succeed. With a gift of

$200,000, Hap has created the Voss Advanced Leadership Undergraduate Experience at Fort Hays State University, known as the VALUE program.To read more about this gift and the VALUE program, please visit: http://foundation.fhsu.edu/pressrelease/value.php.

SON CONTINUES PARENTS LEGACY WITH GIFT