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To Recognize and Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Stadium Scholarship Program at The Ohio State University
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WHEREAS, The Ohio State University began offering students with financial need and academic promise the opportunity to live on campus and earn a degree by creating affordable residences in a corner of Ohio Stadium in 1933; and
WHEREAS, Through a multimillion dollar investment, the program, which originally housed 75 male students, eventually expanded to house both men and women who, in exchange for reduced housing, participated in a cooperative living program; and
WHEREAS, The Stadium Scholarship Program, continued in the same location for almost seven decades until Ohio Stadium was renovated and the final 356 residents of the Tower Club moved to Mack Hall; and
WHEREAS, Students now who are afforded the scholarship live in The Scholars House, together they volunteer around campus, plan and conduct programs within the scholar houses, host various events, and attend study sessions; and
WHEREAS, The generosity of the Stadium Scholarship Program provides with students with financial need and strong academic leadership skills low-income students he ability to affordably live on The Ohio State University’s campus with peers and mentors and become successful students and future leaders in their chosen academic fields; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Stadium Scholarship Program at The Ohio State University on this date, March 3, 2018.