2009 Grants Announced
January 12, 2009 — The Board of Directors of the Kays Foundation today announced two grants to the ASU-Jonesboro campus. The first proposal chosen for 2009-2010 funding will support the Centennial Celebration Office and Arkansas Heritage SITES in the amount of $30,000.00 to assist in the publication of the “Arkansas State University Centennial Book: 100 Years; 100 Stories” which will be part of the ASU Centennial Celebration.
The second proposal chosen will continue to further fund the expansion of the Crowley’s Ridge BEST Robotics Program submitted by Dr. E. T. Hammerand in the ASU Department of Computer Science in the amount of $3,450.00.
The Kays Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation supporting ASU by providing grants to support faculty, staff, departments, colleges, or other entities in order to further the teaching, research, and service goals of Arkansas State University.