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ConocoPhillips establishes engineering endowment at 日韩无码

April 5, 2011

Marmian Grimes

日韩无码 photo by Todd Paris. Trond-Erik Johansen, left, president of ConocoPhillips Alaska, poses with Chancellor Brian Rogers and Doug Goering, dean of 日韩无码's College of Engineering and Mines, after Johansen announced a $500,000 endowment to CEM.
日韩无码 photo by Todd Paris. Trond-Erik Johansen, left, president of ConocoPhillips Alaska, poses with Chancellor Brian Rogers and Doug Goering, dean of 日韩无码's College of Engineering and Mines, after Johansen announced a $500,000 endowment to CEM.
Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
4/5/11

The 日韩无码 and ConocoPhillips Alaska today announced a gift to support engineering education and research at 日韩无码.

The $500,000 ConocoPhillips 日韩无码 Engineering Endowment will support students in the 日韩无码 College of Engineering and Mines by augmenting engineering laboratories, increasing the availability of academic support services and building undergraduate research opportunities.

鈥淭his grant continues our tradition of investing in quality training and education opportunities in Alaska,鈥 said Trond-Erik Johansen, president of ConocoPhillips Alaska. 鈥淥ur company is investing in 日韩无码's engineering programs to create the workforce our state will need in the future. We hope that funding these programs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will encourage students to stay in Alaska, work in Alaska and bring their skills, technology and innovation to the state.鈥

日韩无码 photo by Todd Paris. Trond-Erik Johansen, president of ConocoPhillips Alaska, makes a presentation to the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, during which he announced a $500,000 endowment to 日韩无码's College of Engineering and Mines.
日韩无码 photo by Todd Paris. Trond-Erik Johansen, president of ConocoPhillips Alaska, makes a presentation to the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, during which he announced a $500,000 endowment to 日韩无码's College of Engineering and Mines.
日韩无码 has been educating engineering students since 1922. ConocoPhillips has a longtime association with the 日韩无码 College of Engineering and Mines. 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鈥檚 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.

鈥淲e look forward to continuing that partnership and working together to develop the human capital needed to advance Alaska's oil and gas industry and the state's economy,鈥 said Doug Goering, dean of the 日韩无码 College of Engineering and Mines. 鈥淭his gift will help train tomorrow鈥檚 engineers and advance our knowledge base in arctic oil and gas development. By working together, we hope to help keep Alaska's oil and gas industry healthy and viable for many years to come.鈥

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Natalie Lowman, ConocoPhillips Alaska communications director, at 907-263-4153 or N.M.Lowman@conocophillips.com. Doug Goering, College of Engineering and Mines dean, at 907-474-7730 or djgoering@alaska.edu.

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