Newsmax.com In 1990, the year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, I attended an economic conference in Moscow. Like my father during his visits to the U.S.S.R. in the early 1930s, I was astonished and appalled by what I saw. Simple necessities, such as toilet paper, were in short supply. In fact, there was … Continued
Students Discuss Former White House Official, Nobel Prize Economist As part of its work to support a marketplace of ideas in higher education, the Charles Koch Foundation provides grants to facilitate reading groups led by hundreds of faculty on campuses across the country. University faculty members tailor curriculum to engage students with a variety of … Continued
Time Magazine: Author Ron Stodghill Mentions Koch-UNCF Partnership Ron Stodghill, author of a new book on challenges facing the HBCU community, discussed CKF’s support of UNCF in a new piece for Time Magazine. Last year the Charles Koch Foundation joined with Koch Industries, Inc. to support student scholarships and programming at UNCF-member Historically Black Colleges and Universities. … Continued
Winston-Salem State Students Study Abroad Business students at Winston-Salem State University were given the opportunity to travel to China as part of the program’s study of international economies and how those countries compare with the United States. The students met with local business leaders and visited manufacturing plants to better understand the factors driving the … Continued
Research Fellowship Provides Student Opportunity to Study Poverty-Relief Programs The Idaho Press-Tribune reports Jeremy Vanderpool received a research fellowship to study the relationship between church poverty-relief programs and economic freedom. Read the full article.
Trinity University’s “Professional Ethics Speakers Series” featured a discussion on intellectual property in spring 2013. Jan Narvesor, professor at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), introduced students to a range of philosophical ideas on property and encouraged them to consider the challenges when applying these ideas to modern debates. Steve Luper, chair of Trinity’s philosophy … Continued
Grant to Produce Documentary on America’s Founding Actor Morgan Freeman and singer Kenny Rogers lend their voices to a new documentary, “We The People”. The short film, sponsored by a coalition of businesses and foundations, recounts America’s founding. As part of the project’s filming, Kansas City’s Union Station displayed historical documents including first-edition copies of … Continued
UNCF Announces New Koch Scholars Program WASHINGTON, DC—The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the nation’s premier scholarship organization, announced today that it has received a $25 million grant from Koch Industries, Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation. The partnership will provide nearly 3,000 merit-based awards to African American undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctorate students seeking scholarship … Continued
The Charles Koch Foundation has hired Brian Hooks to be the Foundation’s next president, effective July 1, 2014. Hooks has been chief operating officer and executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University since 2006 where he led strategy and oversaw all programs and operations for the organization. Prior to being named COO, … Continued
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University has received a commitment of $5 million from business school alumnus Ken Kendrick and his wife, Randy, and the Charles Koch Foundation as a lead gift to launch a new center to study the economic, political and social factors that increase prosperity. The gift will enable the College of … Continued
