Texas Border Business
PHARR, Texas – The Terracon Foundation announced a $8,000 grant to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to support graduate level engineering scholarships.
“UTRGV is a lead university in our region and its engineering and science colleges are contributing to the development of professionals in these fields,” said Sam Rahmaninezhad, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, senior engineer in Pharr, Texas, office who championed the grant. “These funds will benefit those students who have the ambition to improve their lives but may lack the resources to do so.”
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley is a public research university with 31,940 students and multiple campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. Its mission is to transform the Rio Grande Valley, the Americas, and the world through an innovative and accessible educational environment that promotes student success, research, creative works, health and well-being, community engagement, sustainable development, and commercialization of university discoveries. Learn more at https://www.utrgv.edu/en-us/.
The Terracon Foundation encourages employees to submit grant requests each year for organizations focused on education as well as the built and natural environment. To date, the Terracon Foundation has granted more than $3.7 million to community organizations, universities, dependents of employees, and disaster relief efforts.
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