News release prepared by: Andrew Zender, 785-532-7648, andrewz@found.ksu.edu

Friday, June 3, 2011

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MANHATTAN -- It's long been a mission of the Kansas State University College of 1xbet online sports betting to impress the value of the entrepreneurial spirit upon its student body -- and to demonstrate the potential for greatness to those willing to take the initiative and risk to be pioneers of the future.

Raj 1xbet online sports betting , Pleasanton, Calif., knows the value of nurturing that spirit. His career has taken him around the globe, from India to Manhattan, Kan., to California, and has run the gamut from hardware to software, from large companies to small. When he visited Manhattan in fall 2009 to deliver &1xbet online sports betting ;Being an Entrepreneur in an Established Company -- Not an Oxymoron&1xbet online sports betting ; as part of the College of Engineering's Eyestone Distinguished Lecture Series, he articulated that innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking shouldn't be confined to the world of small start-ups; rather, they're values needed to succeed in any sector of the professional world, values that are by-products of a sound education.

To help ensure such values are nurtured at Kansas State, Nathan and his wife Diana have made a gift of 0,000 to the College of 1xbet online sports betting to establish the Raj and Diana Nathan Undergraduate Research Excellence Fund. It will provide financial assistance to undergraduate student research in the college.

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In light of his world experience and achievements, Nathan also understands the value and impact his gift will have on the College of 1xbet online sports betting .

&1xbet online sports betting ;The continued ability in the future to have the quality of life that we have today is in no small measure dependent on continued innovation in our country,&1xbet online sports betting ; he said. &1xbet online sports betting ;Research is at the heart of innovation, and to encourage interest in research from the early stages is what the dean aims. We are happy to lend our support to this important initiative.&1xbet online sports betting ;

&1xbet online sports betting ;We want our students to be aware of the challenges and rewards available to those contributing their capacities and talents toward innovation,&1xbet online sports betting ; said John English, dean of the College of Engineering. &1xbet online sports betting ;The Nathans' gift will have a wonderful impact in providing our students with research opportunities to develop their talents and set themselves on the path to become innovators.&1xbet online sports betting ;

Diana Nathan, a 1983 graduate of Kansas State's College of 1xbet online sports betting , is equally thrilled with the opportunities the couple's gift will help provide to students.

&1xbet online sports betting ;Having financial assistance in the form of scholarships was of immense help to me when I went through the engineering program at Kansas State,&1xbet online sports betting ; she said. &1xbet online sports betting ;We're glad to be able to do the same for future students.&1xbet online sports betting ;

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