{"id":33752,"date":"2024-04-25T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?p=33752"},"modified":"2024-04-20T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T16:53:12","slug":"kent-65-and-adrienne-cox-reflect-on-million-dollar-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/kent-65-and-adrienne-cox-reflect-on-million-dollar-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent \u201965 and Adrienne Cox Reflect on Million-Dollar Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block rtf align style-default align-default position-right bg-color-default\">\n\t<div class=\"block-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rtf-content cf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Kansas Wesleyan community is still celebrating the events of April 20\u2019s Scholarship Gala, when the university announced more than $2.7 million in gifts and pledges. It was the single-largest fundraising night in school history, highlighted by a million-dollar gift from Dr. Kent Cox \u201965 and wife Adrienne.<\/p>\n<p>Cox was part of the \u201cGang of Eight,\u201d a well-known group of Physics students from the classes of 1964 and 1965. The group has helped shape support for the sciences, athletics and even the building of the Student Activities Center. Cox was an integral part of those efforts, including contributions to the Creager Physics Lab and the Stucky Optics Lab in honor of two of his professors.<\/p>\n<p>Cox and one of the group\u2019s other leaders, Dr. David Fancher \u201964, remain close friends to this day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter I graduated from Salina High School, KWU offered me a full tuition scholarship,\u201d recalled Cox. \u201cWhile it was not my first choice, my lifelong friend \u2013 Dr. David Fancher \u2013 strongly encouraged me to attend KWU. I quickly began to appreciate what a wonderful educational opportunity I had received, and to this day, I believe that my professors were lifelong examples for learning, achieving and contributing. It is our hope that this gift provides those same opportunities for students in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Coxes\u2019 gift is believed to be the sixth million-dollar gift by an individual or family in KWU history, five of which have come in the last five years. It is believed, however, to be the first-such gift to be bolstered by the rise of cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKWU is deeply thankful to Kent and Adrienne Cox for their support,\u201d said Ken Oliver, executive vice president of advancement and university operations. \u201cTheir gift will open doors for future Coyotes and enable STEM-focused students to realize their educational goals. It is our hope that their leadership will inspire others to lift up programs, disciplines and opportunities that can fuel the next generation of KWU greats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The gift is in support of Kansas students pursuing careers in science, medicine and nursing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":33755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kent \u201965 and Adrienne Cox Reflect on Million-Dollar Gift - Kansas Wesleyan University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/kent-65-and-adrienne-cox-reflect-on-million-dollar-gift\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kent \u201965 and Adrienne Cox Reflect on Million-Dollar Gift - 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