Foundation Awards $50,000 Endowment Grant to Purdue University
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Grant launches the Terracon Endowment for the Lyles School of Civil Engineering WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. “This grant establishes a permanent endowment that will advance strategic initiatives for the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering,” said Kellen Heavin, P.E., manager of Terracon’s Indianapolis office and a Purdue graduate. “The school is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 civil engineering undergraduate and graduate programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report, and the endowment will support its commitment to produce the most well-rounded, highest performing graduates to enter the engineering profession.” Based in West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University is a public, land-grant university with 11 colleges and schools and more than 2,000 faculty and staff. 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 over $4 million to community organizations, universities, dependents of employees, and disaster relief efforts.
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