Fall 2020 EditionAlumni & Friends Magazine
A Helping Hand X 2
For many, their college experience uncovers passions, creates lifelong personal relationships, and shapes who they are and will become. For Mark Arnold, his OHIO experience led him to an inspiring 37-year military career paralleled by decades of highly successful corporate leadership.
Peter Shooner | September 7, 2020
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Today, Arnold, BSISE ’82, a retired brigadier general, and his wife, Karin, BS ’81, are unlocking the same transformative Ohio University experience for Bobcats following in their footsteps by making a $150,000 gift available through OHIO’s new Current-Use Scholarship Program.
The program, which runs through June 30, 2021, provides $1 in funding from the University’s unrestricted financial aid budget to amplify every $1 in eligible donor gifts in support of current-use scholarships. The match means that the Arnolds’ impact will be doubled to $300,000 in immediate financial assistance to students in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology.
“Karin and I are passionate about students enjoying the same benefits of an Ohio University education as we did—especially its faculty’s intense dedication to student success,” says Mark Arnold, who is also a graduate of the Ohio University Army ROTC program. “We are certain students will not find that focus at another public university. It is difficult for students and parents to know this support exists at OU until they experience it, but once they are there, they will have found a home.”
The Arnolds’ gift established the Mark and Karin Arnold Engineering Scholarship, providing 60 Russ College students $5,000 in tuition savings and the opportunity to discover the same life-changing experience that is the hallmark of an OHIO education.
Learn more or make a gift to the Current-Use Scholarship Program .
Disclaimer: It is not the intent of Ohio University to imply an endorsement by any service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
