The CSU Foundation is proud to serve our students and University, helping to ensure that the promise of success and accomplishment becomes reality.
Today’s students will one day join a talent pool and workforce that includes thousands of CSU graduates who have been influencing and advancing society’s collective good for the better part of 50 years.
Becoming a valedictorian
When CSU senior Ellen Rea got word that she had landed a job at GE Aviation as an aerospace...
Your support helps alleviate the pressures that can cause some of our students to simply give up, only a few short steps away from obtaining a college degree.
Thriving in the unknown
Chris Chajon shuns monotony, enjoying the challenge of embracing rapid and progressive change. That’s why when you ask the...
Thank you for investing in our students. Your support is transforming lives, igniting hope and pulling dreams within reach.
IRA funds medical education
IRA funds medical education
Eugene Trela earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from CSU in 1969. Like many graduates, he used his education and skills to build a successful career as the owner of the Fowler Company – growing the firm’s size and reputation as a high-value, high-quality electrical contractor.
Also like many CSU graduates, Eugene looked forward to one day being financially able to make a substantial gift to his alma mater.
With his generous first-time gift, he directed a qualified charitable distribution from his Individual Retirement Account to create the Walenty & Maryann Trela Memorial Scholarship Fund in the College of Sciences and Health Professions. The scholarship, in honor of his parents, supports students enrolled in the NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health, which educates primary care physicians to serve in urban areas.
Trela and his wife, Barbara, have four adult children and live Kirtland.
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