[Pols-l] Fw: Ed Reilly speaker series

[Pickerel, Linda M.]

Please see below.  Don asked me to forward this out to you to  see if anyone is interested in using these funds during the year.  Let him know. Thanks, Linda
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From: Temple, Amanda <a.temple at ku.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 8:45 AM
To: Haider-Markel, Don <dhmarkel at ku.edu>
Subject: Ed Reilly speaker series


Good morning Don,



Last year the department was provided an allocation from a College KUEA fund for the Ed Reilly Speaker Series. Does the department plan to utilize this account again in FY26?



Last year the department brought in four speakers and expensed ~$6.2K. For this year, there are sufficient funds in the endowment account to possibly host two speaker series (total expenses between $12-13K) if that is something the department is interested in?



For context, the endowment account being used is the Edward F Reilly Civic Engagement fund. The purpose of the fund:



This fund shall be used to catalyze and support civic engagement in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas. To

name just a few examples, the Reilly Civic Engagement Fund could: attract superb civic engagement faculty with extra research funds;

attract inspiring speakers to KU to engage with faculty and students alike; provide travel funds for faculty and students to conduct

community-engaged scholarship; support forums for faculty and students at KU to engage with one another on important topics that have

become contentious in national politics; allow students to travel to Washington, D.C. to observe our political process in person and reflect

on how to improve it.





Thanks,

Amanda

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Amanda Temple

Assistant Director of Finance and Planning

University of Kansas

College Dean’s Office

224 Strong Hall

Ph: 785-864-6868




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