It’s not a handout, but a hand up. You may have heard that saying?
- Through his Foundation, Rod Rhoden, a Glenwood native and entrepreneur, has pledged an initial $1 million to fund a scholarship at Metropolitan Community College.
- Rod’s Tech Team Scholarship is open to any qualifying student currently enrolled or planning to enroll in MCC Automotive Technology programs.
- Rhoden remembers receiving a scholarship of his own, and said – referring to his success in business, “I’ve been fortunate. And I realize it now. You get a little older and you realize it – how fortunate you were.”
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Now 82, Rod Rhoden has never forgotten how others believed in him.
“You know, I would tell you this: I started college on a Brandeis scholarship! You’re not old enough to remember Brandeis, but it was a department store in Omaha,” he smiled…