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CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT, RECIPIENT OF A SCHOLARSHIP FROM
CAMCO FINANCIAL CORP., PURSUING COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE
AT MUSKINGUM COLLEGE

Tricia Saft, from Cambridge, Ohio is a junior at Muskingum College majoring in Speech Communication.  She is the recipient of a scholarship from the Camco Financial Corporation in Cambridge through The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Ohio Scholars Program. 

Tricia says that the path to her goal of becoming a television news anchor for a large station has not always been easy, so she is very appreciative of the scholarship support she has received.  “It is because of you and others like you”, she wrote to Richard Baylor of Camco Financial Corp, “that my dreams, as well as the goals and aspirations of other students, can become reality.”   The awarding of the scholarship, she states, encourages her to work hard and strive to be the best that she can be. 

Muskingum College was Tricia’s choice because of the Speech Communication major it offers and the hometown-like, welcoming atmosphere of the campus.  She also was attracted by the small class sizes.  “I knew”, she said, “that I would be more than just another face in the crowd and that I could work one-on-one with my professors to grow as a student and an individual.”

OFIC is the primary corporate and foundation solicitation organization for 34 independent Ohio colleges and universities and operates one of the largest, most comprehensive and diverse scholarship management services in the state.  OFIC member colleges collectively enroll nearly 97,000 students and award one-third of all bachelor’s degrees in the state. For 58 years OFIC has worked to highlight the leadership, value and excellence of independent higher education and has provided unrestricted operating funds and scholarship commitments through funds raised in annual solicitations of businesses and foundations, thereby assuring continuation of excellence in private higher education. OFIC is governed by a Board of Trustees comprised of Ohio’s corporate leaders, as well as presidents of the 34 member colleges.

The member colleges are:  Ashland University, Baldwin-Wallace College, Bluffton University, Capital University, Cedarville University, University of Dayton, Defiance College, Denison University, The University of Findlay, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Franklin University, Heidelberg College, Hiram College, John Carroll University, Kenyon College, Lake Erie College, Lourdes College, Malone University, Marietta College, Mount Union College, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Muskingum College, Notre Dame College, Oberlin College, Ohio Dominican University, Ohio Northern University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Otterbein College, Urbana University, Ursuline College, Walsh University, Wilmington College, Wittenberg University and The College of Wooster.