Coke donates $200,000

[UCONNJACK]

Coke donates $200,000 for scoreboards, shot clocks, etc in basketball practice facility per upcoming BOT agenda. An additional $30,000 allocated for exterior signage. Facility is 62% completed.

 

[Vuce]

Oh man I gotta get a tour of that place when it is done.

 

[tykurez]

It's all Warde's fault!!

 

[huskymedic]

Coke donates $200,000 for scoreboards, shot clocks, etc in basketball practice facility per upcoming BOT agenda. An additional $30,000 allocated for exterior signage. Facility is 62% completed.

Nice - Sounds like Josh Netwon has leveraged his old Emory/Atlanta/Coca-Cola relationship!

 

[UConn Dan]

Nice - Sounds like Josh Netwon has leveraged his old Emory/Atlanta/Coca-Cola relationship!

Maybe but I think we have a pre-existing relationship with coke. I recall when I was a student (96-00) we had a million dollar sponsorship deal with them and they were the official beverage on campus. Don't recall all the details of the term.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I am reading the Winter 2014 UConn Business magazine and scratching my head over the second to last entry in the SBA donor appreciation list in the $50K to $100K band - Syracuse University. WTF?

 

[ZackB05]

I am reading the Winter 2014 UConn Business magazine and scratching my head over the second to last entry in the SBA donor appreciation list in the $50K to $100K band - Syracuse University. WTF?

I was thinking the same thing. Why would Syracuse be donating to our business school? Strange.

 

[UCONNJACK]

I was thinking the same thing. Why would Syracuse be donating to our business school? Strange.

It's not uncommon for schools to give other schools dollars for research,

 

[RayRay19]

Return that money asap...dont want any orange money

 

[ZenConn]

Money is just one color - green.

 

[Dove]

UConn is heavily committed towards finding a cure for the Orange Flu

 

[Palatine]

Maybe that was an expense items and they spend the money on Oranges.

 

[Kitaman]

Money is just one color - green.

Well, for a while mine was silver looking and at a few times with brown mixed in. Now I finally see the green things.