The OFM Millenium Scholarship
The OFM Co-Founders established the scholarship to provide for partial tuition, room and board for a selected student from Zimbabwe to attend Centre College in Danville, KY. Colleges and universities in Zimbabwe have been ravaged by the economic decline and jobs are scarce.
A chance to study and possibly work in the United States would be life changing for most scholarship recipients. Centre College is a top liberal arts college founded in 1819. The school has been ranked #16 in the nation by US News & World Report for the best undergraduate teaching and has an average class size of 18. 85% of students study abroad at least once, ranking the school #3 in the nation by the Princeton Review. As a result, the student body is more diverse and internationalized (both because of their home country origin and their frequent study abroad), which makes Centre an unusually welcoming environment for international students.
Graduates of Centre are currently studying/have studied at top graduate schools in the US and the college guarantees an internship experience and 4-year graduation. Recipients of the OFM Millennium Scholarship will be selected based on all around excellence, including academics, sports and community awareness.
What We Need To Raise
$64,000
For one student to attend Centre College for the first 2 years. We anticipate $60,000 will be matched by the college to cover the remainder of the costs.
$22,200 per year - Tuition
$5,600 per year - Room and board
$900 per year - Textbooks
$1,300 per year - Travel to and from campus
$2,000 per year - Incidentals
How we will choose scholarship recipients
Desire to help their community
Applicants must have a desire to give back and exhibit an awareness of how they can create change in their home country. Questions in the application are designed to show how the applicant feels about community. How they define it. How they think they can give back. What issues globally they see as important to address.
Alignment with Core Values
Like any recipient of OFM support, applicants must demonstrate an alignment with OFM’s Core Values, namely, Gratitude/Reciprocity, Compassion, Constant Improvement. They are required to address which of the Core Values they feel is most important and why.
Academic achievement
Centre College is a top liberal arts college with high academic standards. Applicants must show high academic achievement in high school and have outstanding teacher recommendations to ensure acceptance to Centre. Selected Applicants will then apply through the Common Application portal and will submit an International Student Certification of Finances to demonstrate financial need/resources.