![Student awardees listen to speakers at this year's Office of the Secretary of Higher Education/Educational Opportunity Fund Graduate Achievement Ceremony, held at Rutgers, where 1,465 students from New Jersey colleges and universities – including 328 from Rutgers – were honored.](/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_one_third_default_1x/public/2024-06/eof_ceremony.jpg?h=c3fd1d45&itok=4fMzWNs-)
For 56 years, New Jersey’s Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) has helped thousands of students in need of financial assistance and educational support services attain college degrees in New Jersey. Nearly 1,500 of the newest graduates to benefit from the program, including 328 from Rutgers, were honored on April 19 at Jersey Mike’s Arena at Rutgers University.