A first-of-its-kind scholarship in the College of Arts and Sciences makes its debut this fall. For years, Robert and Sharon Keating have funded scholarships for students from their hometown of Mangum, Oklahoma, where they met in fifth grade. And still, they wanted to find a way to do something more. Their solution was the Keating Family Arts and Sciences Scholarship, which was created to help the college recruit the best and brightest prospects while providing the financial aid tomake attending Oklahoma State University possible for the students. always wanted to make contributions,” Robert Keating said. “And as we talked about this scholarship, we thought if we could use it to recruit top students to come to OSU that sounded really exciting.” The two students selected as Keating Scholars will each receive a $40,000 scholarship, dispersed in $10,000 increments every year of their four-year undergraduate careers at OSU. STORY GRANT RAMIREZ | PHOTOS ROBERT AND SHARON KEATING, BEAU LAMOREAUX AND GRAYCIE DOHERTY Opening Doors Alumni’s newly established arts and sciences scholarship aids promising CAS students Sharon and Robert Keating have created the Keating Family Arts and Sciences Scholarship. It wasmeaningful to the Keatings that the award be substantial enough to be a real draw for students to choose OSU focus their energy on their studies. “It is so important for an OSU degree to be attainable for students, and these scholarships are game changers,” said Dr. Amy Martindale, CAS assistant dean for student academic services. “Instead of piecing together small scholarships from several sources — each with their own set of requirements — the Keating Scholars have a clear and 26 CONNECT 2023
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