Terracon Foundation Awards $50,000 Endowment to Colorado State University

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Terracon Foundation announced a $50,000 endowment to Colorado State Universitythat will be used to establish a geotechnical engineering scholarship within the university’s Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering.

“Annual distributions from the endowment will provide financial assistance to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in engineering disciplines with a priority on areas aligned with Terracon’s areas of expertise such as geotechnical,” said Lindsay Gardner, senior marketing specialist in Terracon’s Fort Collins office. “The scholarship is intended to reduce financial barriers, attract high-performing students to geotechnical fields, and promote student success through degree completion.”

“Terracon has hired and mentored CSU geotechnical engineers for years, and this endowment extends that commitment to students just getting started. On behalf of our faculty and students, thank you to the Terracon Foundation for an investment that will pay forward for decades,” said Joseph Scalia IV, Ph.D., associate professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering at CSU.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Colorado State University is internationally recognized for world-class engineering research and education. CEE faculty and students develop solutions to address modern global challenges in environmental, infrastructure, and water systems. The department offers two ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science degrees in civil engineering and environmental engineering and recently added a construction engineering degree, one of the few in the country. The department offers master’s and doctoral-level degrees in civil and environmental engineering as well as several graduate certificates.

Terracon Foundation

The Terracon Foundation was created with the goal of playing a meaningful role in the lives of Terracon employees and the communities where they live and work. Established as the community investment arm of Terracon, the foundation has granted nearly $6 million to community organizations, universities, scholarships for dependents of employees, and disaster relief efforts.

About Terracon

Terracon is an employee-owned, multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 8,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 200 locations nationwide.