Fund established to provide scholarships to underserved students.

The scholarship honors Robert Hawkins, a dedicated teacher who instilled in his students a desire to think for themselves, allowing them to discuss current topics and how they would be personally affected. He taught Spanish for 40 years in the Upper Arlington School District and at The Ohio State University. Robert's love of languages is evident in his degrees in Italian and Spanish, having studied in Ecuador, Italy, Mexico, and Spain. He also studied Arabic, French, German, Latin, and Portuguese. Robert also loved to travel, having visited more than 100 countries, sharing insights he gained with his students. He will be remembered as a teacher, friend, and lover of languages.

The scholarship supports residents of Pickaway County, Ohio or Fayette County, Ohio who are pursuing Agricultural Production, Dietetics, or Medical Dietetics at The Ohio State University.

The family of Corporal Kevin William Prince established this scholarship to honor their son and brother who was killed April 23, 2015 serving his country in Iraq. The scholarship honors Kevin’s goal of returning to college when he returned. The family offers the scholarship to you in Kevin’s memory, to offer the opportunity to be the person you want to be. Kevin’s family is proud of his sacrifice and hope that this small gift will guide the recipient in finding his or her purpose in life. Please use it to make a difference in the lives of others, as their son and brother did.

The purpose of this fund is to provide scholarship awards to graduating seniors of the Columbus Public School District who may major in any area of study, who have a strong interest in public service and/or public policy, and who participate in The John Glenn Learning Community at The Ohio State University.

The Jacobs Family established this scholarship as a means to help students fund their education when traditional sources of such funding, including, but not limited to, family, government and other scholarship opportunities have been exhausted. This scholarship is meant to be the “game changer” for those students who have limited options to achieve their desired goals and would likely not have the opportunity to pursue their educational goals if not for this scholarship.

The fund was formed with funds donated to the Karen Fishburn Memorial Fund after her passing in September 2013. Karen’s dedication to numerous Morrow County organizations and countless hours of volunteer work for organizations such as the Red Cross, Key Ministries, Morrow County Association of Business Women, Morrow Country Board of Elections, and Marengo United Methodist Church, resulted in an unprecedented community outpouring at her calling hours. Annual scholarships are the Fishburn family’s way of honoring Karen for many years to come.

The scholarship honors Karen Kaiser’s commitment to the students of Saint Brendan School, where she taught for more than 35 years, and Otterbein University, the alma mater of her husband Chris Kaiser.

The scholarship was created through the generosity of Jim Redman, a life-long farmer from Logan County, Ohio, who wishes to support Logan County high school graduates as they further their education and enter an agriculture-related field.

The scholarship honors the memory of Louis Meredith Kovach, who was a lighter-than-air enthusiast, avid traveler, and Worthington’s Linworth Alternative Program (The AP, now called the Linworth Experiential Program) graduate. During his senior year at the main high school, he was invited to witness the reconstruction of the Goodyear Blimp that was based in Italy. Louis saw this ten-week trip as an opportunity of a lifetime, and a chance to visit the lighter-than-air pioneers who were still alive in Europe. The AP saw this as a life experience that met the educational philosophy of the school. Louis transferred to The AP in order to travel to Europe his senior year, allowing him to gain the needed credit and still graduate high school, all while following his dreams. This life adventure served as one of the building blocks for the Walkabout Program at the Linworth Experiential Program.