Lake Campus honors scholarship donors

VW independent/submitted information

CELINA — For more than 50 years, the Western Ohio Educational Foundation (WOEF) has responded to the educational needs of residents in Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, and Van Wert counties by providing the resources to allow residents access to college instruction. The foundation secured the funding to build and operate an institution of higher education, and, since 1962, WOEF has remained strongly committed to the success of the Lake Campus.

For the 2015-16 academic year, the WOEF scholarship program offered eligible applicants the opportunity to apply for over 270 academic scholarships, grants, and loans worth over $290,000. Since 1965, WOEF has awarded more than $3.4 million in scholarships to more than 2,600 new and continuing students.

The accomplishments of the Western Ohio Educational Foundation (WOEF) are a reflection of a community that stands behind higher education. For over 50 years, WOEF board members, as well as many regional donors, have remained committed to providing higher education opportunities to the residents of west central Ohio. This has led significantly to the success of the Lake Campus of Wright State University.

The WOEF scholarship program and other special projects that benefit students would not be continuing and prospering today without the generous funding received from private citizens, businesses, and organizations.

To find out more about WOEF scholarship program, log onto www.wright.edu/lake/woef.html.