(Back row, from left) Lawrence F. Camacho, dean of Enrollment Management & Student Success; John Riegel, senior manager of program management for Brown & Caldwell; Shahram Khosrowpanah, interim dean of the School of Engineering; Deborah D. Leon Guerrero, assistance vice president of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness; and Mark A. Duarte, director of Financial Aid; (front row, from left) Anthony Victor Reyes, civil engineering major; Daniel Superales, graduate student in environmental science; President Thomas W. Krise; Brian Barcinas; and Michael Kasala, both civil engineering majors. (Not shown: Maegan Catahay, civil engineering major)

“Brown & Caldwell is very committed to the University,” said John Riegel, senior manager of program management for the company. “We are firm believers in developing that knowledge and that skill base here locally to keep it here.”

The awardees are the top students in the civil engineering program, said Interim Dean Shahram Khosrowpanah of the School of Engineering, and they will be among the first to graduate from the program, which officially started this semester. 

“We’re very proud of the students and the work they’re doing and the commitment it takes to finish a degree,” said UOG president Thomas W. Krise.

To date, the firm has awarded $25,000 to UOG students pursuing degrees in the sciences.