"But what that also means is what are you going to do tomorrow?" When you get a donation like this, it verifies that you've done something right and that you've gained someone's trust," Williams said.
We have worked hard to earn the respect and the high regard of this community. We're really fortunate to be in this community. We've had improved enrollment numbers, so it's a really good time to be at Odessa College.
"We've had a lot of success with our students. Williams said OC has been very fortunate to receive a number of gifts and a lot of support. Education is such a wonderful thing and I feel blessed and we feel blessed to be able to help some of them along with all the other ones in the community that do that, too," Hext said. Hext said it makes her feel very blessed to be able too give back in this way and help students who might not normally be able to attend college. That's been a real focus of the Odessa College Foundation over the last three years and we want to continue to grow that. "That continues to grow and that continues to help Odessa College students. Over the last three years, the endowed scholarships here at Odessa College have grown from $10 million to now with this $1 million, that brings us to $22 million in endowed scholarships," Gore said. The Foundation Board helps us to oversee that, so this will truly live on forever here at Odessa College. "We use up to 5% of the earnings to distribute to our students in Odessa College. Gore said when someone contributes and creates an endowed scholarship, they never touch the dollars that they contribute. Williams expressed his appreciation and gratitude for the gift and said he knows the foundation supports not just OC, but a number of other entities. Williams said part of what the event Tuesday was about is not worrying about who gets the credit. Williams said this was a celebration of kindness, love, beauty and commitment to others. We're blessed and happy to be able to be a small part in helping students with their tuition fees.," Hext said. Williams, and Jacqui, all the staff and all the students. Hext expressed thanks to everyone for attending. "Now that's a legacy that will help students here at Odessa College for generations to come." We have so many students coming in who are asking for those things. "These scholarships can cover tuition, books and fees. Part-time students can be awarded up to $800 per semester, and full-time students can be awarded up to $1,600 per semester, she added. Students awarded the scholarships will have a 2.5 GPA. "What a blessing you are to us," she added. They wanted to do something that would live on forever here at Odessa College and we were thrilled to hear that," Gore said. Spencer about a month ago, and they let us know that they wanted to do even more. Her daughter Melinda, Tim's wife, could not attend. Hext was in attendance with her son-in-law Tim Spencer. Gore said the Hext Family Foundation has sent many students to school at OC over those years. When you do the math over those 22 years, they have provided $550,000 in scholarships to Odessa College students." "Since 1999, when the Hext Family Foundation was founded, they have contributed $25,000 each year to Odessa College to fund scholarships for students," Vice President of Advancement, Business and Governmental Relations Jacqui Gore said. Examples are nursing, welding, electrical programs and computer technology.īilly Hext was a former mayor of Odessa who died in 2001. OC President Gregory Williams said technical fields are programs where you can earn an associate degree and go into the world of work.
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