Wright State receiving $3.6M from Reynolds and Reynolds

WHIO Staff
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Wright State University is receiving $3.6 million from the Reynolds and Reynolds Company and its foundation to launch an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans at Wright State University and create new scholarships for business students.

Details of the gift were announced during an event Thursday morning at the ReyRey Café in Wright State University’s Rike Hall.

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This is one of the largest gifts in the history of the university, according to Sue Edwards, president of Wright State University.

“The service men and women that defended our right to life, liberty and happiness must not themselves be obstructed from achieving their own American Dream,” said Chris Walsh, president of Reynolds. “We are honored by the sacrifices they have made, and this is one way we thank them for their service — by helping ensure there is a path toward a fruitful future for them when their service ends.”

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The Reynolds and Reynolds Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) will further expand the collaboration between Reynolds and Wright State while supporting the success of military veterans who are aspiring entrepreneurs, a spokesperson for the university said.

In addition to the $3 million commitment to the EBV, the Reynolds and Reynolds Company Foundation has pledged $600,000 over the next three years for scholarships for Wright State business students, according to the spokesperson.

Students selected for the Reynolds and Reynolds Business Scholarship will receive an annual scholarship of $5,000 that is renewable for each year of their undergraduate education at Wright State.

“These two gifts promise to expand the impact of Reynolds and Reynolds on Wright State’s business students and on military veterans by inspiring entrepreneurial endeavors that form the basis for economic growth,” said Thomas Traynor, dean of the Raj Soin College of Business. “They also reaffirm and widen the commitment that Reynolds and Wright State have to the Greater Dayton region and its economy.”

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