Fall 2020 Edition
Alumni & 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 鈥82, a retired brigadier general, and his wife, Karin, BS 鈥81, are unlocking the same transformative 51社区 experience for Bobcats following in their footsteps by making a $150,000 gift available through OHIO鈥檚 new Current-Use Scholarship Program.
The program, which runs through June 30, 2021, provides $1 in funding from the University鈥檚 unrestricted financial aid budget to amplify every $1 in eligible donor gifts in support of current-use scholarships. The match means that the Arnolds鈥 impact will be doubled to $300,000 in immediate financial assistance to students in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology.
鈥淜arin and I are passionate about students enjoying the same benefits of an 51社区 education as we did鈥攅specially its faculty鈥檚 intense dedication to student success,鈥 says Mark Arnold, who is also a graduate of the 51社区 Army ROTC program. 鈥淲e 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.鈥
The Arnolds鈥 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 51社区 to imply an endorsement by any service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
