Key Takeaways
- • The Terracon Foundation, the community investment arm of employee-owned engineering consultancy Terracon, awarded a $50,000 endowment to Colorado State University to establish a scholarship for geotechnical engineering students.
- • The scholarship will be funded through annual distributions and will support undergraduate and graduate students in the Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering, with priority given to fields aligned with Terracon's work.
- • The Terracon Foundation has distributed nearly $6 million to community organizations, universities, employee dependent scholarships and disaster relief efforts.
- • Terracon, which has more than 8,000 employees at over 200 locations nationwide, cited its longstanding hiring and mentoring of CSU geotechnical engineers as the basis for the gift.
Summary
The Terracon Foundation has awarded a $50,000 endowment to Colorado State University (CSU) to establish a scholarship supporting geotechnical engineering students in the Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering, according to ColoradoBiz. Annual distributions from the endowment will provide financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate engineering students, with priority given to fields aligned with Terracon's work, including geotechnical engineering.
Lindsay Gardner, senior marketing specialist in Terracon's Fort Collins office, said the scholarship is intended to reduce financial barriers, attract high-performing students to geotechnical fields and promote student success through degree completion.
Joseph Scalia IV, an associate professor in CSU's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, said the endowment builds on the company's relationship with the university. "Terracon has hired and mentored CSU geotechnical engineers for years, and this endowment extends that commitment to students just getting started," Scalia said.
The CSU department offers bachelor's degrees in civil, environmental and construction engineering, along with master's and doctoral degrees in civil and environmental engineering and several graduate certificates.
The Terracon Foundation serves as the consulting firm's community investment arm and has distributed nearly $6 million to community organizations, universities, scholarships for employees' dependents and disaster relief efforts. Terracon is an employee-owned engineering and technical consulting firm with more than 8,000 employees at more than 200 locations nationwide.
Lindsay Gardner, senior marketing specialist in Terracon's Fort Collins office, said the scholarship is intended to reduce financial barriers, attract high-performing students to geotechnical fields and promote student success through degree completion.
Joseph Scalia IV, an associate professor in CSU's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, said the endowment builds on the company's relationship with the university. "Terracon has hired and mentored CSU geotechnical engineers for years, and this endowment extends that commitment to students just getting started," Scalia said.
The CSU department offers bachelor's degrees in civil, environmental and construction engineering, along with master's and doctoral degrees in civil and environmental engineering and several graduate certificates.
The Terracon Foundation serves as the consulting firm's community investment arm and has distributed nearly $6 million to community organizations, universities, scholarships for employees' dependents and disaster relief efforts. Terracon is an employee-owned engineering and technical consulting firm with more than 8,000 employees at more than 200 locations nationwide.
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