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Cheryl L. Kight - Vice President, Marketing

Columbus, October 19, 2006

 

AT&T Sponsors OFIC Diversity Forum at Capital University

The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) will host a “Forum on Diversity” sponsored by AT&T on Friday, October 20, 2006 at Capital University in the Harry C. Moores Campus Center multipurpose room.  The Forum is called “A Treasure Hunt – Dialogues on Discovering Talents, Transferable Skills and Tenacity in Today’s Students”.  Forum activities will focus on identifying, recruiting and assimilating undergraduate minority students to the workplace and how colleges can best prepare these students for a successful transition and acclimation.

Corporate diversity managers and personnel recruiters, along with campus multicultural affairs directors, career services directors, and other employees involved in diversity issues will participate in roundtable discussions and enjoy panel presentations, including a presentation by students from Ashland and Capital Universities.

Sandra Willis Moody, founder of Dehan Enterprises Insurance & Financial Services Agency and Adjunct Professor of Finance and Risk Management at Franklin University will be the luncheon speaker.

OFIC holds these forums periodically as part of its ongoing diversity initiative.  They have been extremely well received and provide an opportunity for corporate supporters and campus personnel to discuss important issues of diversity and inclusion both in the corporate sector and on college campuses. 

If you would like to know more about these forums or would like an interview with our luncheon speaker, please join us at noon and ask to speak with Joanne Moriarty, or call 614-469-1950 ext. 105.

OFIC, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, is the primary corporate and foundation solicitation organization for 35 independent Ohio colleges and universities. OFIC member colleges collectively enroll more than 97,000 students.   For 56 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 35 member colleges.

The member colleges are:  Antioch College, 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 College, Hiram College, John Carroll University, Kenyon College, Lake Erie College, Lourdes College, Malone College, 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.