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POLAND, OHIO RESIDENT, RECIPIENT OF SCHOLARSHIP FROM BRENNER FOUNDATION, PURSUING BIOLOGY DEGREE AT KENYON COLLEGE
Terrence Johnson, from Poland, Ohio is a senior at Kenyon College majoring in Biology. He is the recipient, for the fourth year, of a scholarship from the Mary Ann and Raymond Brenner Foundation through The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges’ Ohio Scholars Program.
Terrence wrote to his scholarship donor that he had wanted to attend a college with a superior reputation for placement in graduate school in the sciences and that Kenyon met that requirement perfectly. He stated, however, that coming from a single-income family made attending such a prestigious school out of his reach. “I would like to convey my deepest gratitude to the Mary Ann & Raymond Brenner Foundation,” Terrence wrote this year, “for making my education at Kenyon a reality”.
Working toward graduating with distinction in his chosen field, Terrence plans to eventually obtain a doctorate degree in physical therapy. He has had the opportunity while at Kenyon to volunteer at several physical therapy clinics, which he feels has provided him with valuable experience for that journey. Terrence’s concern for achieving connections with people and assisting them to improve their personal well-being is also evident in his community service through Kenyon student organizations. “Some close friends and I”, he tells his donor, “were able to spend a week in New Orleans helping with restoration efforts. “I was most thankful for the opportunity to help others in a direct fashion.”
Terrence is deeply grateful for the financial assistance that made his Kenyon education possible and believes that it is providing him with the necessary skills for his chosen profession and preparing him for the mental challenges that he will
face throughout life.
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.