EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Dear Friends,
Thanks to the generosity of our incredible network of donors, the Oakton College Educational Foundation has remained dedicated to our mission to enable student success. We’re supporting more students than ever, we’ve added talented new staff and board members, and we’re preparing to roll out a new strategic plan to guide our work over the next three years. This year, we provided $1.1 million in donor-funded scholarships, grants and awards to keep Oakton students enrolled, engaged and on track. We awarded 623 scholarships to 582 deserving students – a 25% increase over last year. At the same time, we saw an increase in scholarship applications, demonstrating that your support is more important than ever.
Our work this year has been guided in part by Vision 2030, the College’s strategic plan. As we work to support the College’s goal of building just and thriving communities, we’re engaging more members of our community than ever before.
Within the Educational Foundation, we have also developed our own strategic plan. Inspired by the pillars of Vision 2030, our plan challenges us to chart a bold course for the future, working to build critical resources that benefit Oakton’s students and our entire district. As always, your contributions play an essential role in making an outstanding education accessible to everyone in our communities and in enriching the Oakton experience for all students. Thank you for everything you do.
Warm regards,
Katherine S. Sawyer, CFRE Chief Advancement Officer and Foundation Executive Director
Murray Sprung
President
Board of Directors
“This scholarship is a tremendous honor and a game changer for me. I am now able to take some days off work and put that into spending time with the ones I love and putting in extra effort for my classes. Oakton is giving me a tremendous head start on the road to reaching my dreams.”
Joseph Elkhatib Current Student
18 2023 Annual Report | oakton.edu
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