Terracon Foundation Awards $50,000 Endowment Grant to Auburn UniversityGrant launches the Terracon Endowed Fellowship for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

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Terracon Foundation Awards $50,000 Endowment Grant to Auburn University

Grant launches the Terracon Endowed Fellowship for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

AUBURN, ALA. - The Terracon Foundation announced a $50,000 grant to Auburn University that will fund the Terracon Endowed Fellowship to support students who have a concentration in geotechnical engineering in Auburn's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

"Fellowships are critical to recruiting and retaining the best academic talent among master's and doctorate students," said Matthew McCullough, P.E., geotechnical department manager in Terracon's Birmingham, Alabama office. "Auburn has the highest-ranked engineering program in the state and this endowed fellowship will help its College of Engineering continue to recruit the brightest students to help with research while they complete their graduate degrees."

Based in Auburn, Auburn University is a public, land-grant university. It is comprised of a graduate school and a dozen colleges offering more than 150 undergraduate majors.

"Terracon has been a key supporter of the Auburn University Geotechnical Engineering Program for many years," said J. Brian Anderson, Ph.D., P.E., professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Auburn University. "This grant to Auburn creates a permanent endowment for fellowships that allow us to recruit the best and brightest graduate students as they pursue careers in the geotechnical profession."

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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