{"id":22020649,"date":"2018-02-06T09:36:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usustatesman.com\/?p=22020649"},"modified":"2018-02-20T14:12:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T21:12:35","slug":"task-force-created-monitor-controversial-koch-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/task-force-created-monitor-controversial-koch-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Task force created to monitor the controversial Koch donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Utah State University Faculty Senate voted Monday to create a task force charged with monitoring the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/koch-foundation-fund-new-research-institution-usu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $25 million <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gift donated last summer by the Charles Koch Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vote came to 26 senators in favor of the task force, 21 senators against it and two abstaining.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faculty Senate President Kimberly Lott is now tasked with selecting members for the task force, which will be discussed further at the Faculty <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate executive committee meeting Feb. 20.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22020654\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\t\t\t<div class=\"media-credit-container alignright\"  style=\"max-width: 310px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22020654\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22020654\" src=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/koch-vote-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/koch-vote-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/koch-vote-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/koch-vote-2-335x223.jpg 335w, https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/koch-vote-2-1050x700.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"media-credit\"><\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<p id=\"caption-attachment-22020654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USU Faculty Senate President Kimberly Lott at the meeting held Feb. 5.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Lott had not yet considered details of the task force, she anticipated the group will collect input from various campus individuals and organizations about the gift and ensure transparency in its usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The donation, which came in May, funds the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business\u2019 new Center for Growth and Opportunity which aims to \u201cexplore, through research and education programs, the scientific foundation of the interaction between individuals, business, and government to improve well-being for individuals and society,\u201d according to the contract between USU and the Charles Koch Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Charles Koch Foundation was founded in 1980 and \u201cfunds research and education that helps people expand their horizons, develop their skills, and help others,\u201d according to the foundation\u2019s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before voting, the body debated the controversy surrounding The Koch Foundation, as well as time and investment required to form a committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa Gabbert, English associate professor, said \u201cI think the purpose with the Koch donation being a fairly controversial donation, is closure,\u201d in discussion of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/usustatesman.com\/sold-usu-students-protest-25-million-donation-charles-koch-foundation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">controversy surrounding the Koch Brothers <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and whether their donations come with influence over a university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Charles and David Koch, commonly referred to as \u201cthe Koch brothers\u201d have earned a reputation for donating billions to Republican political campaigns and funding conservative-leaning research, USU spokesman Tim Vitale stressed the Koch donation comes with \u201cno strings attached.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the contract between the two entities, the Charles Koch Foundation will donate up to $1.25 million every year until 2027 in early February.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Vitale said, either party has the option of ending the agreement if conflicts arise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@Alison__berg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alisonberg28@gmail.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Utah State University Faculty Senate voted Monday to create a task force charged with monitoring the $25 million gift&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":877906,"featured_media":22020651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,19],"tags":[4883,5890,4889,45,5889],"class_list":["post-22020649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-news","tag-charles-koch-foundation","tag-koch-brothers","tag-koch-donation","tag-usu","tag-usu-faculty-senate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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