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Columbia College received a $25,000 donation Friday for a new facility intended to benefit the military student community. The donation was one of the largest for the project.
Officials announced that the Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee House, home of the Ousley Family Veterans Center, would receive $25,000 from the Veterans United Foundation.
The new facility is intended to serve as a hub for programming and building community among military students at Columbia College.
The resource center and social space honors Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, a Columbia College alumnus who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. McGee is also one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military pilots who flew in World War II. The facility includes memorabilia dedicated to McGee, along with study and lounge spaces for students.
Veterans United Foundation gives $25,000 gift to Columbia College
Columbia College campus on July 21, 2020.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Veterans United Foundation gave Columbia College a $25,000 gift today to benefit military student community on campus.
The donation will help the Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee House, home of the Ousley Family Veterans Center, and formally names the Veterans United Foundation Patio.
The Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee House will serve as a hub to host programming and further build camaraderie in the college’s military student community. The college served 6,500 military-related students in 2019 and 18 of its 36 locations around the country are on military installations.