Helping One Graduate at a Time

Kevin Kinsey – Scholarship Recipient

 Earning a Bachelor’s degree has been the single-most  important personal achievement I have accomplished to date. This personal milestone may not have occurred without financial assistance, especially through these difficult financial times.  I am profoundly grateful and consider myself truly blessed to receive scholarship assistance from this foundation. Thank you for helping me accomplish my academic goals,  I have been taught a valuable lesson along the way – giving can really make a difference in someone’s life. 

COSC  built a foundation of confidence in me that carried me through completion of my first MSN.  I have nearly completed my second Master’s degree and will always be grateful to COSC for the support that I received.  I believe giving to the Foundation is a way of saying Thank You for helping me to leverage my education in more ways than I could ever have imagined. Cheryl Cuozzo
   
My experience at COSC, was second to none! I loved it from the very start and
each and every person was nothing less than fantastic in helping me along the way. Thanks to everyone at COSC! Burton Callahan, III
Carlo Esidore & Christopher May

Carlo Esidore serves on the Foundation Board as the Alumni Representative.  Since his graduation, he continues to be a champion of the College and the Foundation.  Christopher May is the newly appointed Student Represenative to the Foundation.  Both understand the important role that the Foundation plays for all of the College’s students.   

The Charter Oak State College Foundation, Inc., a  501(c) 3, was founded September 15, 1977 as the Connecticut Open Learning Assistance Corporation. The objective of this entity, as stated in the papers of incorporation was “to provide support for the purposes of the College if state funding was lost. It was intended that the Foundation’s resources would make it possible for the public to continue receiving the advisement, testing and other services that make open access to academic credentials a reality.” The Foundation remains active augmenting the College’s resources. The President of Charter Oak State College is an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors. The Foundation is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.