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Columbus, April 2008

HUNTINGTON BANK MAKES MULTI-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP COMMITMENT TO THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES

Huntington Bank, dedicated to improving the quality of life in the communities it serves, has pledged $50,000 in scholarship support to the 2007-2008 campaign of The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC).  This awarding of funds is the second installment of Huntington’s three-year commitment to OFIC’s scholarship program.

With a cumulative giving total of nearly $1 million, Huntington Bank has supported the mission of OFIC to provide access to independent higher education to Ohio’s students for 53 years.   Since 2003 Huntington has designated its support specifically to provide scholarships to students residing in the Huntington Ohio footprint and majoring in Business, Finance, Accounting, Marketing or traditional liberal arts. 

Timothy Lane, a Huntington Bank scholarship recipient from Cleveland, is a senior language major at Kenyon College, studying Japanese, French, Spanish and Arabic.  He comes from a family of six children and says, “We were taught that education would ‘make a way’ for us, so I always desired to go to college.  The scholarship assistance provided by Huntington Bank has helped to make it possible.”

OFIC, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, is the primary corporate and foundation solicitation organization for 35 Ohio independent colleges and universities. OFIC member colleges collectively enroll nearly 97,000 students.  For 57 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.