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Columbus, September 2009

LORENZ WILLIAMS INCORPORATED HOSTS AREA KICK-OFF OF THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES’ 2009-10 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

Bear Monita, Managing Partner, Lorenz Williams Incorporated of Dayton and Chair of The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC) 2009-10 Dayton area annual campaign, hosted the campaign meeting and kick-off on September 10 at the Real Art Design Group.  Monita, an OFIC trustee, welcomed the area campaign volunteers and introduced Jeff Wolf, OFIC president.

Wolf thanked the Dayton representatives for their service and commitment to this campaign and gave an overview of the mission of OFIC, which is to provide college access to Ohio’s students and enhance the educational experience for all those enrolled in OFIC member colleges and universities.  Additionally, he emphasized the importance of independent higher education in Ohio to the Dayton region’s economic stability and to the state’s future in a changing global economy.

All of the 98,000 students enrolled at OFIC member colleges, which include Cedarville University, Urbana University, Wittenberg University, University of Dayton and Wilmington College, will benefit from funds raised through OFIC’s campaign.  One hundred sixty-six students at these five local institutions have directly received scholarships through OFIC’s Ohio Scholars Program for the 2009-10 academic year.

Other OFIC trustees from the Dayton area are Vincent Corrado, Chairman, Shook National Corporation; Michael Greitzer, Partner, President Dayton Market, Miller-Valentine Group; and Charles Rinehart, Rinehart Consulting.  
 
OFIC is one of the largest providers of need-based scholarships in the state.  Over the twenty years since the inception of its Ohio Scholars Program, a cumulative total of more than $25 million in scholarship assistance has been provided to students at OFIC’s member colleges and universities across Ohio.

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.