OLIVER A RUFF EDUCATIONAL & MENTORING

THE OLIVER A. RUFF EDUCATION AND MENTORING SCHOLARSHIP (OAR) IS DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEARNERS AND LEADERS BY FOSTERING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND A COMMITMENT TO HIGH STANDARDS. INSPIRED BY THE LEGACY OF OLIVER A. RUFF, WHOSE LIFELONG DEVOTION TO EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP EXEMPLIFIED THE PRINCIPLES OF "HIGH EXPECTATIONS; NO EXCEPTIONS; NO EXCUSES," OAR PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS AND ONGOING MENTORSHIP ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AT AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND CREATING CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES