by George Jared (gjared@talkbusiness.net)

The Kays Foundation has endowed $534,000 to the new College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Arkansas State University.

“The Kays Foundation has supported A-State for over a century. One of the first gifts made to what was then the First District State Agricultural School was a herd of registered cattle to be used in animal husbandry courses,” said Lucinda McDaniel, president of the Kays Foundation board.

McDaniel said with the foundation’s history of providing livestock to A-State, board members found it appropriate to create an endowment to help the future CVM.

Kays Foundation endows $534,000 to A-State veterinary college