FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
Alpha Natural Resources presents Marshall Foundation with gift of $20,000 to support engineering majors in CITE
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Alpha Natural Resources, the fourth largest coal
company in the United States based on produced coal revenue, today presented the
Marshall University Foundation with a gift of $20,000 to support engineering
majors in the College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE).
The expendable fund originally was established in 2009 as the Massey
Energy Scholarship for Engineering with a five-year pledge of $100,000. Today’s
gift represents Alpha Natural Resources’ continuing commitment toward the
pledge.
Alpha Natural Resources acquired Massey Energy Company in 2011.
“We are very, very grateful to Alpha Natural Resources continuing to
support this scholarship,” said Dr. Ron Area, CEO of the foundation and senior
vice president of development. “It is so, so important.”
Kyle Bane, human resources director with Alpha Natural Resources,
presented the check to the foundation in a brief ceremony at the Marshall
University Foundation Hall, home of the Erickson Alumni Center.
“We’re just trying to give back to communities we operate in,” Bane said.
According to the scholarship guidelines, the recipients of the scholarship
will be West Virginia residents who are full-time sophomores with engineering
majors in the College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE) and
minimum GPAs of 2.5.
First preference will be given to students pursuing careers in civil
engineering and/or mechanical engineering, when that program is established in
CITE, who are from the following southern West Virginia counties: Boone,
Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas, Raleigh and Wyoming.
Second preference will be for students pursuing careers in civil
engineering and/or mechanical engineering, when that program is established in
CITE, from eastern Kentucky, other counties in West Virginia, or other areas of
the United States. The dean of CITE will select the recipients and renew the
awards for up to a total of three years (six semesters) if full-time status and
a minimum GPA of 2.5 are maintained, in cooperation with the Office of Student
Financial Assistance. The award is for tuition/fees and related academic
expenses to include books and/or room and board.
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Photo: From left, Lance West, Dr. Wael Zatar, Kyle Bane, Dr. Lynne Mayer
and Dr. Ron Area take part in a check presentation today at the MU Foundation
Hall, home of the Erickson Alumni Center. West, Mayer and Area are with the
Marshall Foundation, Zatar is dean of Marshall’s College of Information
Technology and Engineering (CITE) and Bane is human resources director with
Alpha Natural Resources. Alpha Natural Resources presented the Marshall
Foundation with a gift of $20,000 to support engineering scholarships at MU.
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