Yup, size matters. But intent and execution end up as more decisive factors in lots of maters. So here's hoping there's plenty of snap, crackle and pop to the $42 million awarded to the Broncos by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and that big sum goes far to bolstert, as planned, the school's outreach to first-generation college students and their families, military veterans and emancipated foster youth. With all the cruel cuts in programs, support and opportunities for Cal State students linked to the economic crash and the state's massive budget crisis, the yipppeee-inducing five-year challenge grant -- which officials say is the largest gift of its kind to an institution in the system -- will give a 'transformative' shot to faculty and 'vulnerable' students at what is termed the 12th most ethnically diverse campus in the country. The Kellogg family has had a long association with the school since W.K., the breakfast cereal magnate (shown at right) whose 150th birthday was commemorated with the Bronco grant, built a winter home at the edge of the campus in the 1920s and kept on his ranch a corral full of Arabian horses, which were featured in Hollywood movies.
W.K. Kellogg grant, biggest cash gift to a Cal State, aimed at opening educational opportunities
How the Times tallies the $42 million Kellogg gift
