BP funds scholarship for University of Houston to help fill indu...( A $750000 grant from one of the worl...)

A $750,000 grant from one of the worlds largest energy companies, BP America, will help the University of Houston recruit and offer scholarships to students in engineering, sciences, mathematics and business.

Spread out across three years, the BP Scholarship/Fellowship will be distributed to the Cullen College of Engineering, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the C.T. Bauer College of Business to fund a variety of programs that are already in place aimed at recruiting students. Some programs the grant will fund include one-week summer camps to promote engineering to high school seniors, scholarships to attract National Merit Scholarship finalists and a program to encourage high school students and business students to specialize in the energy sector.

We have a social responsibility to continue to find better ways to develop safe, clean and sustainable energy for the future, said Gabriel Cuadra, business unit leader for Latin America Fuels, BPs UH campus executive and a 1988 UH alum. In order to do that, we must continue to attract and recruit the best and the brightest young people who will help develop the technologies that will unlock previously unattainable hydrocarbon resources and help us deliver alternative energy solutions.

Each year for the next three years, the Cullen College of Engineering will receive $170,000 each year, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will receive $55,000 each year and the C.T. Bauer College of Business will receive $25,000 each year.

BP is making a significant investment in university programs aimed at developing the regional workforce through the recruitment and retention of excellent students, said Donald Foss, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost for UH. This gift reflects the quality of the energy-related programs at UH and we are grateful to BP for their continued support of these efforts.

UH is an attractive recruiting base for BP due
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