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Columbus, April 2009

CAPITAL UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE, RECIPIENT OF BATTELLE SCHOLARSHIP, SPEAKS AT OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

Christina Chacko, from Pickerington, Ohio is a sophomore at Capital University majoring in Accounting.   She is the recipient of a scholarship from Battelle through The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) Ohio Scholars Program.  Chacko recently spoke to OFIC trustees at their Annual Meeting, which was held at The Westin on April 21, and told them about her appreciation of her college experience at Capital and the impact that scholarship assistance made on her life.  “This scholarship reduces the financial burden on my family and me and allows me to focus more on my academics,” she said.   “It is an answer to my prayers.” 

Donors to OFIC’s annual campaign may designate their gifts to scholarships or make unrestricted gifts, which are distributed to member colleges and universities for financial aid, educational programs and other areas such as library, classroom and technology needs.  One hundred forty-eight donors to OFIC’s Ohio Scholars Program during the 2007-2008 annual campaign enabled OFIC to award 1,024 scholarships with a total value of $1,699,000 for the 2008-2009 academic year. 

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 59 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 University, 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.