Greetings from Ohio University.

Students in Athens continue to flood across Ohio University’s brick pathways, fill classrooms across campus, and make their way to the library and student events of every kind. I’m sure you remember that feeling of attending classes, of meeting your professors, of working toward a degree… of taking one more step on your path toward achieving a fulfilling career.

Your gifts to the Scripps College of Communication help make it possible for many of these students to return to campus every year and to receive a top-quality education – and help Ohio University achieve the national prominence and prestige that we know it deserves.

This is a very exciting time for the College. As you know, we celebrated the naming of the Scripps College of Communication at a dedication in September, and we are busy planning for a new College building on the site of the old Baker Center. This new facility will bring all of our faculty and students together into one integrated space, where students can learn in an environment that encourages creativity, team work and thinking outside the limits of traditional disciplines. This new facility will serve our growing College of almost 2,500 students – students who are better than ever, studying with outstanding faculty, engaging in research, participating in student organizations, and working with cutting-edge technology to prepare for successful careers and enriched lives.

Our students are at the heart of everything we do in the Scripps College of Communication, and they count on you to support the programs and initiatives that give their Ohio University experience academic capital. During the 2005-06 school year, private support from loyal alumni like you benefited students by funding scholarships, leadership development programs, competitions and interdisciplinary projects, and travel for research presentations.

You are also a part of this community. Your continued support of the Scripps College of Communication provides unrestricted dollars that help our students to achieve their full potential. Each one of these young people comes to OHIO with a head full of plans and a heart full of dreams. Your support is evident in their successes. I invite you to remember OHIO by renewing your gift to the Scripps College of Communication. Your support will help our students achieve their dreams and help the Scripps College of Communication maintain its unsurpassed excellence.

For more information on making a gift to the Scripps College of Communication, visit http://www.ohio.edu/development. Or make a gift online at www.ohio.edu/give. Your contribution will help our students achieve their dreams and will support the programs that enable their achievement.

Thank you for your continued generosity and for your loyalty to OHIO.

Sincerely,

Gregory J. Shepherd
Dean

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