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Columbus, November 2009 

MAHONING COUNTY RESIDENT, RECIPIENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FROM AIMEE AND LULU SEIDEL FOUNDATION, PURSUING ACCOUNTING DEGREE AT HIRAM COLLEGE

Natasha Glodek, from New Middletown in Mahoning County, is a fourth year Accounting and Financial Management major at Hiram College.  She is the recipient of a scholarship from the Aimee and Lulu Seidel Foundation through The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ (OFIC) Ohio Scholars Program. 

Natasha, who transferred to Hiram from a large public university in Pennsylvania, wrote to her scholarship donor that, despite the greater financial burden it places on her, she chose Hiram College both for its small size and demanding academic environment.  “I am extraordinarily pleased with the education I receive here,” Natasha says.  “I know that the professors care about their students, and I am honored to be part of this intimate academic community.”

Expressing her extreme gratitude for her donor’s financial assistance, Natasha says, “This scholarship is a significant factor in my continued attendance at Hiram, and it will allow me to focus on excelling in my studies in the Accounting field.”   

Natasha also makes time for extracurricular activities on campus.  She is a member of the Garfield Institute for Public Leadership, is vice president of the Endowment Investments Club, and represents the women’s golf team on the Student Athlete Committee.  After graduation she plans to pursue a master’s degree in Business or Accounting and would like to work in a Cleveland area accounting firm.

A relatively new partner for OFIC in providing college access to Ohio’s students, the Youngstown-based Aimee and Lulu Seidel Foundation directs its gift to support scholars from Mahoning County enrolled in OFIC member colleges and universities. 

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 98,000 students and award one-third of all bachelor’s degrees in the state. For 60 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 University, 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.