{"id":24089,"date":"2022-06-08T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=24089"},"modified":"2022-06-09T14:16:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:16:01","slug":"oldaker-establishes-two-funds-at-marshall-university-honoring-late-wife-celebrating-new-business-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2022\/06\/oldaker-establishes-two-funds-at-marshall-university-honoring-late-wife-celebrating-new-business-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldaker establishes two funds honoring late wife, celebrating new business school"},"content":{"rendered":"
Marshall University alumnus Chuck Oldaker has pledged two gifts to the university honoring his late wife\u2019s passion for education and celebrating Marshall\u2019s new business school.<\/p>\n

Oldaker, executive vice president and chief financial officer for Service Wire Company, committed $30,000 to endow the Michalle Arthur Oldaker Memorial Scholarship in honor of his late wife, who passed earlier this year. In addition, Oldaker has also pledged $50,000 to the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore her passing, we started talking about if there was something we could do together,\u201d Oldaker said, \u201cor were there two things we could do. Then, she ended up passing away and it became very clear to me that setting up a memorial scholarship in her name was the way to honor her and continue her legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ara Michalle Arthur Oldaker was a native of Huntington and graduated from Marshall in 1991. She went on to serve as an educator for the Chesapeake School District as well as Collins Career Technical Center, both in Chesapeake, Ohio.<\/p>\n

Michalle Oldaker devoted her life in the service of others. From buying Christmas gifts for less fortunate children to helping purchase a student\u2019s prom dress, she never turned away someone in need, Chuck Oldaker said. She was involved with Chesapeake Middle School\u2019s food bank program; the Woman\u2019s Club of Huntington, in which she was secretary; C3 Church in South Point, Ohio; and HomeTown Love, a volunteer-based organization aimed at improving and beautifying the Chesapeake community.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was very engaged and involved with helping the community,\u201d Oldaker said. \u201cI give her credit for all of it. She was the driver behind all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scholarship will be available to education majors, with a preference for students who are members of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, of which Michalle Oldaker was a member.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an educator, there\u2019s not only the responsibility that comes with the profession, but the opportunity to have an impact on kids,\u201d Oldaker said, speaking from Michalle\u2019s perspective. \u201cKids really need somebody that\u2019s got a big compassionate heart as much as somebody who\u2019s able to give them reading, writing and arithmetic. They need somebody that cares about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oldaker\u2019s second gift toward the Lewis College of Business and Brad D. Smith Schools of Business will name the accounting department\u2019s head office for the new facility. Oldaker graduated from Marshall with a bachelor\u2019s degree in accounting in 1992.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success I\u2019ve had is largely built on the foundation I got from Marshall University,\u201d Oldaker said.<\/p>\n

Oldaker, a first-generation college graduate, worked for Hayflich PLLC before beginning his career with Service Wire Company, which recently pledged $1 million toward the College of Business\u2019 new facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always had an affinity for it,\u201d Oldaker said. \u201cHow do you find a way to give back and help others have the same opportunity you were given? I found out about the business school, and it felt like a great opportunity to get engaged and be a part of building the new building, but also building the future of business education at Marshall University for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo:<\/em> Chuck Oldaker and his late wife, Michalle.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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