From left: Kevin Hufstedler, community bank president of Arvest Bank in Northeast Arkansas, presents a $10,000 check from the bank's foundation to A-State Chancellor Kelly Damphousse.
The Arkansas State University Foundation has received a $10,000 donation from the Arvest Foundation.
The A-State Student Philanthropy Council will use the money as a one-to-one match on Giving Tuesday. The money will go toward the Student Emergency Fund that was established to help students in financial crisis stay enrolled at A-State.
“A multi-faceted approach is essential for providing students with a positive, supportive, enriched college experience and these outreach programs are certainly important elements of that effort,” Chancellor Kelly Damphousse said in a news release. “Our university has graduated many successful alumni who work for Arvest, so we are proud of their success and we appreciate the foundation’s continued support of our institution.”
“Students’ college years are among their most enjoyable, but they can also be among the most challenging,” added Kevin Hufstedler, community bank president of Arvest Bank in Northeast Arkansas and an alumnus of A-State. “As a community partner in education, we want to invest in these students in every way so they will have an enjoyable and productive college experience, graduate and go on to succeed in their careers.”
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