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February 2012
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Dear Alumni Association Member,
I wanted you to be among the very first to know about some breaking news that impacts the Alumni Association's future and greatly increases our ability to expand services to alumni and friends of the University.
While many details will follow, President Gee's announcement (below) is very exciting and is certainly a development worth celebrating and sharing with you.
Archie Griffin,
Alumni Association President/CEO
Dear Colleagues:
I write to announce an exciting, trailblazing new partnership between Ohio State and Huntington Bank, a great Ohio company and a true champion of the University. This partnership will benefit Ohio State faculty, staff, students, and alumni for years to come. Huntington will provide the University with $25 million up front for scholarships and academic programming, with the potential for substantial additional income through revenue sharing over 15 years.
- More than $10 million of these funds will go into our endowment, and will be earmarked for renovating and updating classroom space and technology.
- Another portion of the funds will support financial literacy programs, career initiatives that will take students into the community for internships and service learning projects, and seed money for student-developed initiatives to enhance the wellness of our students.
- Funding also will be used to sustain and expand Alumni Association programming, including alumni career services, enhanced regional programming and events, and volunteer opportunities for alumni and supporters.
Additionally, Huntington will provide $100 million in lending and investment to support the economic development of the University District and Near East development.
This collaboration with Huntington wholly supports our core academic purposes—to educate young people and to enrich the lives of Ohioans. I have no doubt it will help us advance our efforts to become a better neighbor and to build stronger communities. Quite simply, I believe this is the largest, most comprehensive, and most innovative partnership of its kind in the country.
In the coming weeks, you will receive more information about this partnership from Huntington, which, as part of this agreement, will offer optional banking products with added benefits to all faculty, staff, and students, and eventually to alumni. Through this partnership, Huntington will be known as the official consumer bank of The Ohio State University.
I am proud the University is collaborating in this program and invite you to explore its benefits.
Sincerely,
E. Gordon Gee
President
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Jane Rector Receives 2011 Ralph Davenport Mershon Award For Leadership And Service To Ohio State
“It is an honor and a privilege to nominate Jane Foulser Rector for the Ralph Davenport Mershon Award for exceptional leadership and service to Ohio State,” wrote Jane Case-Smith, occupational therapy division director in the School of Allied Medical Professions.
Rector has embraced her “dual citizenship” in Ohio and Texas, working to advance the mission and message of Ohio State as well as enrich the community of Azle, Tex., where she settled with her husband, Bill, soon after graduating from Ohio State.
Rector served nine years on the President’s Club Advisory Board, including a term as vice chair, and now is emeritus director. In 2007, her volunteer service to University Development was recognized with a Gerlach Award.
In addition to endowing scholarships in geology and occupational therapy, Rector has supported cancer research, the construction of the new Ohio Union, and the renovation of Thompson Library. She also provided a challenge gift for occupational therapy, helping to encourage philanthropy from other graduates.
“She is the model volunteer: one who leads when called, one who serves when asked, and one who asks for nothing in return. You cannot find a more noble, deserving candidate for the Mershon Award,” wrote Brian F. Hastings, associate vice president and campaign director for the Ohio State University Foundation.
Electra D. Paskett praised Rector’s support of important lymphedema research at Ohio State and nationwide.
“As a breast cancer survivor, she understands the issues that women face when lymphedema strikes and that treatment options are limited and often very aggressive,” wrote Paskett, who is the Marion N. Rowley Professor of Cancer Research and associate director of population sciences at the Comprehensive Cancer Center-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.
Rector provided $190,000 to fund a national protocol developed by Paskett to prevent lymphedema in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. As a result of her support, the study has recruited almost 500 patients in 30 hospitals nationwide and has trained more than a hundred staff members to administer the protocol.
In addition, Rector hosted education sessions in Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta to showcase the work of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Paskett’s research into lymphedema prevention among the underserved populations of Appalachia.
Joseph E. Steinmetz, executive dean and vice provost and professor of psychology and neuroscience, praised Rector’s support for Ohio State.
“Perhaps the greatest gift that Jane has given to the university is the continued way she becomes invested in the lives of the students that have been touched by her words and philanthropy,” Steinmetz said. “She has become a friend and mentor to numerous students, taking the time to get to know them and what they are looking for in their own lives.”
Jane has also been instrumental in organizing and leading the Fort Worth Chapter of the Dallas Ohio State Alumni Club.
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