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QUINCY RESIDENT TIFFANY CHRISTENSEN, RECIPIENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FROM ROBBINS & MYERS, PURSUING DEGREE IN EDUCATION AT URBANA UNIVERSITY

Tiffany Christensen, from Quincy, Ohio is a junior at Urbana University studying Middle Childhood Education.  She is the recipient of a scholarship from Robbins & Myers Foundation through The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Ohio Scholars Program. 

Tiffany found her calling to teach in her senior year at Riverside High School when she attended Teaching Professions Academy, a joint vocational school satellite course affiliated with Future Educators of America.  “My teacher, Donna Jarvab,” Tiffany says, “was the best ever, and being her student helped me realize that I, too, had a gift for teaching.   

Extremely appreciative of the financial assistance she receives from Robbins & Myers Tiffany said that her scholarship lifted a burden so that she can focus on her studies rather than how they will be paid for.  “I am so grateful.” she states.  “My scholarship donor has made such a valuable contribution to who I am going to become.” 

As do all OFIC member colleges and universities, Urbana University encourages development of the whole individual, and students can take advantage of numerous extracurricular opportunities.  In addition to spending time on her studies, Tiffany sings in the Urbana University choir and is also a member of the Chamber Choir, a smaller vocal group of select individuals.  She also belongs to the Anime Club, whose members make a culture study of the unique ways that social and other issues are addressed by Japanese cartoons. 

Robbins & Myers, headquartered in Dayton, is a leading supplier of engineered equipment and systems for critical applications in global energy, industrial, chemical and pharmaceutical markets.  The company has partnered with OFIC for 51 years to provide access to higher education to Ohio’s students and has a cumulative giving total of more than a quarter of a million dollars.

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.

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