ConocoPhillips establishes engineering endowment at UAF
May 31, 2011
UAF and ConocoPhillips Alaska announced a $500,000 gift to support engineering education
and research. This gift will support students in the College of Engineering and Mines by augmenting engineering laboratories, increasing the availability of academic support
services and building undergraduate research opportunities.
UAF has been educating engineering students since 1922. ConocoPhillips has a longtime
association with CEM. The company offers internships to students and many of those
students move on to full-time positions when they graduate. Company representatives
and alumni serve on the school’s advisory board and give back to the school as volunteers
and mentors. In addition, the university and ConocoPhillips have a longstanding tradition
of research collaboration.
For more information contact Doug Goering, dean of CEM, at 474-7730 or djgoering@alaska.edu.