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 ā82, a retired brigadier general, and his wife, Karin, BS ā81, are unlocking the same transformative 51ĀŅĀ× experience for Bobcats following in their footsteps by making a $150,000 gift available through OHIOās new Current-Use Scholarship Program.
The program, which runs through June 30, 2021, provides $1 in funding from the Universityās unrestricted financial aid budget to amplify every $1 in eligible donor gifts in support of current-use scholarships. The match means that the Arnoldsā impact will be doubled to $300,000 in immediate financial assistance to students in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology.
āKarin and I are passionate about students enjoying the same benefits of an 51ĀŅĀ× education as we didāespecially its facultyās intense dedication to student success,ā says Mark Arnold, who is also a graduate of the 51ĀŅĀ× Army ROTC program. āWe 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.ā
The Arnoldsā 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 51ĀŅĀ× to imply an endorsement by any service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
