TESU Foundation Provides Financial Relief to Students During COVID-19 Crisis

Thomas Edison State University Foundation launched the Student Relief Fund in March to provide assistance to enrolled students with evolving financial needs as a result of the pandemic.

“We have always been uniquely qualified to support students with competing responsibilities who are earning their degrees,” said Dr. Merodie A. Hancock, president of TESU. “At no time has this funding been more valued and critical to our students and their communities.”

TESU’s student population encompasses working adults including nurses, first responders, active-duty military and reservists, and professionals from nearly every sector of industry. They are also busy parents and family caregivers – those most likely to have their higher education endeavors derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We have been humbled by the generous and positive response by our alumni, mentors, students, employees and friends of the University thus far,” said John Thurber, executive vice president of the TESU Foundation.

The need, however, continues to grow each day. Thurber added that 100 percent of all donations will be used to support students and help them get closer to finishing their degrees – something that could be their greatest asset as they and their families seek to recover from this economic crisis.

The Student Relief Fund has helped more than 35 students who have been impacted during the pandemic. Those interested in supporting the Fund can make a donation at give.tesu.edu/studentrelief.