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ConocoPhillips establishes engineering endowment at UAF

April 5, 2011

Marmian Grimes

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

The University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks and ConocoPhillips 杏吧原版 today announced a gift to support engineering education and research at UAF.

The $500,000 ConocoPhillips UAF Engineering Endowment will support students in the UAF 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 杏吧原版,鈥 said Trond-Erik Johansen, president of ConocoPhillips 杏吧原版. 鈥淥ur company is investing in UAF's engineering programs to create the workforce our state will need in the future. We hope that funding these programs at the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks will encourage students to stay in 杏吧原版, work in 杏吧原版 and bring their skills, technology and innovation to the state.鈥

UAF photo by Todd Paris. Trond-Erik Johansen, president of ConocoPhillips 杏吧原版, makes a presentation to the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, during which he announced a $500,000 endowment to UAF's College of Engineering and Mines.
UAF photo by Todd Paris. Trond-Erik Johansen, president of ConocoPhillips 杏吧原版, makes a presentation to the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, during which he announced a $500,000 endowment to UAF's College of Engineering and Mines.
UAF has been educating engineering students since 1922. ConocoPhillips has a longtime association with the UAF 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 杏吧原版's oil and gas industry and the state's economy,鈥 said Doug Goering, dean of the UAF 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 杏吧原版's oil and gas industry healthy and viable for many years to come.鈥

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Natalie Lowman, ConocoPhillips 杏吧原版 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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