ADA, Okla. – The Citizens Bank of Ada Scholarship was established at East Central University in 2013 as a pass-thru fund for Business Administration students and has now been established as a permanent endowment.
“We are thrilled to add this scholarship as a permanent endowment to our growing portfolio” stated Buffy Lovelis, CFO ECU Foundation. “Our partnership with Citizens Bank goes way beyond scholarships and this is just one of the many ways they show their commitment to ECU and the Ada Community.”
As an endowment the scholarship will now be invested with the ECU Foundation portfolio and will live in perpetuity as a legacy for Citizens Bank to help current and future ECU students.
“Citizens Bank of Ada is proud to be able to build upon our partnership with East Central University and the ECU Foundation by establishing the Citizens Bank of Ada Endowment,” said Kassie Cothran, president of Citizens Bank and ECU alumnus. “We pride ourselves on being one of Ada’s trusted partners and we view this endowment as another way for us to strengthen the future of ECU, their students, and the Ada community.”
Cutline: Current Citizens Bank employees who are also ECU alums present a $10,000 check to ECU Foundation CEO, John Hargrave, and ECU Foundation CFO, Buffy Lovelis.