Category: Giving
On Tuesday morning, May 10, a rare visitor showed up at Wichita City Hall – complete with four legs and a tail. As is turns out, Mayor Jeff Longwell hadn’t paid for goat insurance yet. ...
On Thursday, May 12, the Newman University student residence hall recently known as New Hall became Carrocci Hall in honor of current Newman President Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D. The renaming came at the request of the ...
On Friday, April 15 the Newman University Staff Assembly hosted the 2016 Silent Auction. The auction was held in connection with the Shut Out Human Trafficking Week events, and a portion of the proceeds are given to ...
The William T. Kemper Foundation – Commerce Bank, Trustee, of Kansas City, Mo., has awarded a $250,000 grant to Newman University in support of the upcoming Bishop Gerber Science Center and upgrades to existing health ...
On May 6, Newman University Advancement Staff will be ending their monthlong fundraiser and giving away a goat. You heard that right. His name is Freddie, and if you don’t want to bring this little ...
Close to 120 donors, guests and students came together in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center on the Newman University campus Monday, April 18 for the 2016 Scholarship Luncheon. The annual event is designed to give scholarship ...
Newman University was selected to participate in “Shut Out Human Trafficking Awareness Week” April 11 through April 16 with a series of events to raise awareness and educate the public about the worldwide epidemic. The ...
Once again Newman University is participating in Wichita’s Art Day of Giving (ICT ArtDoG) on the Final Friday of this month, April 29. Wichita ArtDOG is a 24-hour online fundraising event created to rally community ...
Newman University alumni Carm and Michael Ludlow, M.D. have made a bequest in their estate plans in the amount of $500,000 to their alma mater. The gift will be designated to the Margaret H. Ludlow ...
On Monday, April 18 pedestrians on campus may spot signs that read “TUITION STOP DAY” – also known as “Joyful Jet Day.” Joyful Jet Day celebrates donors—alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, and students – who generously give to Newman University, ...
Newman University has been issued a $1 million challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., to support Facing Forward, a capital campaign to renovate existing facilities and create a new ...
Students on the Newman University campus walked around a detour marked with yellow caution tape as a landscape crew removed trees between the Heimerman Science Center and Eck Hall on Wednesday, March 30. The tree ...
Have you always wanted to own a goat? Have you always wanted to NOT own a goat? Regardless of where you stand, beginning on April 1, you will have a chance to make either of ...
Three years ago Associate Professor and Director of Theatre Mark Mannette conceived the idea to form a project that would help bring joy to the Circle of Friends, a group of special needs students in Wichita ...
Fugate Enterprises has made a $2 million gift to Newman University to support its science, nursing, and allied health professions programs and students. ...
This Christmas season Newman University is again sponsoring a Salvation Army Angel Tree for students, faculty, and staff to help make this Christmas special for someone in need. The Angel Tree is located on the ...
Newman University has received a $1,000,000 grant from The Dwane L. and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation to support the university’s science and health science programs. “Newman is truly grateful for this gift that will ...
Winter is a wonderful time of year for many of us. Playing in the snow, warming up next to a fire, and visiting friends and family are all things that create fond memories of wintertime ...
More than 120 guests gathered in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center Oct 27 to be honored for their support of Newman University at the second annual Beata Benefactors Banquet, a special event designed to recognize and ...
Wichita, KS – Newman’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is pairing with the Wichita chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation to put on a Halloween 5K Fun Run/Walk that will raise money to grant the “Wishes” ...
The Newman University Party on the Plaza scholarship fundraising event has always been successful in the past. Despite a slightly lower number of attendees for the 2015 Party on the Plaza, donors helped set a ...
The annual Oktoberfest fundraiser and celebration is once again upon us. Come out and join fellow alumni and friends on Saturday, Sept. 26 for the 2015 Party on the Plaza. The event will feature authentic ...
Newman University will host the 31st Annual Laurie Bell Memorial Jet Open Charity Golf Tournament Aug. 1 and 3. The golf tournament is designed to raise funds for the Athletic Department, and gives Newman supporters ...
Representatives of Black Hills Energy Corporation visited Newman University July 9 to present a gift of $18,000 to help support nursing and science education and facilities at Newman. Black Hills Energy Corp. Sr. Manager, Economic ...
Newman University has received a $250,000 gift from The Goebel Family Star Lumber Charitable Foundation to support the university’s science and health care profession educational programs. “The Goebel family and Star Lumber have a long ...
The 2015 ICT Art DOG (Day of Giving) campaign ends with a loud bark of gratitude. Wichita Community Foundation President and CEO Shelly Prichard announced in an email to the supporting organizations, “It is with ...
Newman University Staff Assembly’s 15th Annual Silent Auction took place on Friday, April 17, 2015. To date, more than $2,300 has been collected from bid donations. The proceeds from the auction will replenish the Hearts ...
Newman University art students chalked the campus sidewalks depicting the ICT Art Dog to help promote this year’s ICT Art Day Of Giving event. Last year, donors helped raise over $7,000. This year, Newman University ...
Million-dollar donors honored More than 90 guests gathered in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center Nov. 5 to be honored for their support of Newman University at the inaugural Beata Benefactors Banquet, a special event designed to ...
Beginning Oct. 28, Newman University students will take to the phones for the bi-annual Newman Fund Phonathon. As in previous phonathon events, students will call alumni seeking support for the Newman Fund, which helps raise ...
Approximately 500 people gathered on Founders Plaza on the Newman University campus Saturday, Sept. 20, to raise funds for student scholarships at the “Party on the Plaza – Oktoberfest.” ...
Newman University will present Party on the Plaza – Oktoberfest, from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, on Founders Plaza on the Newman campus at 3100 McCormick. The Party on the Plaza has been ...
After one of its most successful outings in 2013, the Laurie Bell Memorial 30th Annual Jet Open Charity Golf Tournament will look to continue its success in 2014. The entire event, which benefits the Newman ...
Vikings, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and many other characters showed up to compete for the winner’s circle on Saturday, June 7 for the 3rd Annual Wichita Gladiator Dash. ...
Members of the Newman University Board of Trustees joined with members of the De Mattias Society May 8 for the annual De Mattias Society dinner in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center. ...
Newman University hosted an event Friday, May 2 to recognize several donors who contributed substantial gifts to the “Bringing Back Theatre” campaign. ...
Approximately 100 people gathered in the Dugan-Gorges Conference Center on April 7 for the 2014 Scholarship Luncheon. The annual event gives scholarship recipients and their respective scholarship donors an opportunity to meet, enjoy lunch and ...
Newman University Manager of Annual Fund and Prospect Research Alice Mannette sends out a big thank you to friends and alumni who answered the call during the Newman winter Phonathon. “We raised just under $11,500 ...
The effort to raise money for Fine Arts at Newman University through the ICT Art Day Of Giving (DOG) campaign on Feb. 28 proved to be a great success, with donations exceeding $5,000. To add ...
On Feb. 28 Newman University will take part in the Wichita Art Day of Giving. This charitable giving event was created for Wichita’s nonprofit art organizations that provide education and artistic leadership to the public through ...