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LEXINGTON RESIDENT, RECIPIENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FROM
THE UPS FOUNDATION, INC., PURSUING EDUCATION DEGREE
AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY

McKenzie Wallace, from Lexington, Ohio is a junior in Education at Ashland University.  She is the recipient of a scholarship from The UPS Foundation, Inc. through The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Ohio Scholars Program. 

McKenzie, who comes from a single-parent family that has two children in college, wrote to her scholarship donor, “I knew that I wanted to learn from the best, and that is why I chose to attend Ashland University, which is known for its Education program.  Without your help, I would not be able to achieve my lifelong dream of educating children.  You have made college possible.” 

Receiving this scholarship, McKenzie stated, has encouraged her to work hard and apply her learning skills to become an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist.   “I am sincerely grateful to The UPS Foundation, Inc. for their assistance,” she says.  “Thank you for believing in me and helping to support my vision.”
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 nearly 97,000 students and award one-third of all bachelor’s degrees in the state. For 58 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 College, Hiram College, John Carroll University, Kenyon College, Lake Erie College, Lourdes College, Malone University, 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.