The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges                      
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Columbus, Ohio 43215-3722

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July 14, 2010 - For immediate release

THE E. PERRY & GRACE BEATTY MEMORIAL FUND MAKES $52,250 SCHOLARSHIP GIFT TO THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES

The E. Perry & Grace Beatty Memorial Fund has provided $52,250.00 in scholarship support to the 2009-2010 campaign of The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC). 

With a cumulative giving total of nearly $2.75 million, The E. Perry & Grace Beatty Memorial Fund has supported the mission of OFIC to provide access to higher education to Ohio’s students for five years.   The Fund will be providing scholarships to 19 students from Mahoning or Trumbull County for the 2010-2011 academic year.
 
Jenna Vallera, a 2010 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College with an Early Childhood Education major and a four-year recipient of scholarship support from the Fund, wrote to her donor, “I chose to pursue a career in education, because I want to instill a love of learning in every child that enters my classroom.  I must express my sincere gratitude to you for supporting my college education for the past four years.  With your donation, you have impacted the rest of my life.”

OFIC, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, is the primary corporate and foundation solicitation organization for 34 Ohio independent colleges and universities. OFIC member colleges collectively enroll 99,000 students.  For 60 years the Foundation has worked to highlight the leadership, value and excellence of independent higher education.  Through contributions raised in annual solicitations of businesses and foundations OFIC has provided unrestricted operating funds and scholarship assistance, thereby assuring continuation of excellence in independent 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, University of Mount Union, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Muskingum University, Notre Dame College, Oberlin College, Ohio Dominican University, Ohio Northern University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Otterbein University, Urbana University, Ursuline College, Walsh University, Wilmington College, Wittenberg University and The College of Wooster. 

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