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HASLINGER FAMILY FOUNDATION MAKES $37,500 SCHOLARSHIP GIFT TO THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES

The Sandra L. and Dennis B. Haslinger Family Foundation, located in Akron, has made a gift of $37,500 for scholarship support to the 2009-2010 campaign of The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC). 

With a cumulative giving total of nearly half a million dollars, the Sandra L. and Dennis B. Haslinger Family Foundation has supported the mission of OFIC to provide access to independent higher education to Ohio’s students for 11 years.  The Foundation has designated its support specifically to provide scholarships to students with financial need from the Akron area and is currently providing scholarships to 9 students enrolled in OFIC member colleges and universities.

One of those students is Allison Neilsen, a junior Spanish major at Malone University.  She wrote to the Haslinger Family Foundation, “After graduation I plan to join the Peace Corps for a 2-year volunteer tour.  After my tour is completed, I hope to attend graduate school and pursue a master’s degree in International Affairs with an emphasis on Latin America.  I am so grateful for the help you have given me and look forward to using my education and, thereby, your contribution, for some greater good.”

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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