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GEORGE DEUBLE FOUNDATION MAKES $42,000 SCHOLARSHIP GIFT TO THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES

The George Deuble Foundation has provided $42,000 in scholarship support to the 2009-2010 campaign of The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC). 

With a cumulative giving total of ­­­nearly $620,000, the George Deuble Foundation has supported the mission of OFIC to provide access to independent higher education to Ohio’s students for 58 years.   The Foundation has designated its support specifically to provide scholarships to students who have graduated from a high school in Stark County.   The George Deuble Foundation is currently providing scholarships to 28 students enrolled in OFIC member colleges and universities.
 
Michelle Miller, recipient of a foundation scholarship through OFIC, is a senior at Mount Vernon Nazarene University majoring in Spanish Education.  Having worked extra hours at last summer’s job and working on campus this year, she is deeply appreciative of the financial assistance from her scholarship donor and wrote, “Thank you so much for helping students like me who want to make a difference in the world.  I want to impact the lives of children, especially, and I would not be able to do it without the help of caring people like you who are making it financially possible.”

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 98,000 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, 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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