First Round of Scholarship Awards Will Be Made for the 2022-23 School Year, Annually After That as Part of Broader Effort to Make the Construction Industry More Diverse and Inclusive
The Associated General Contractors of America and Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: PCOR), a leading global provider of construction management software, announced today they have met their initial fundraising goal of $500,000 for a new scholarship to support minority students studying construction at the nation鈥檚 Historically Black Colleges & Universities, or HBCUs for short. Students will begin receiving the scholarship starting in the 2022-23 school year.
鈥淥ur members understand and appreciate the wisdom of investing in a more diverse and inclusive future,鈥 said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association鈥檚 chief executive officer. 鈥淏y meeting the initial fundraising challenge for this new scholarship, they are supporting construction students at some of the nation鈥檚 oldest and most prestigious construction programs.鈥
Sandherr noted that the new scholarship is part of the association鈥檚 broader efforts to diversify the construction industry and help it become even more inclusive. The association鈥檚 workforce recruiting campaign, 鈥淐onstruction is Essential鈥 is designed to help recruit more diverse workers into the industry. Meanwhile its 鈥淐ulture of Care鈥 program is designed to help firms create more inclusive workplaces, so they better retain newly hired workers.
Among key supporters of the new scholarship are the Beavers Charitable Trust, Bowen Engineering, Bulley & Andrews, Caddell Construction Company, Josam Co., Stanley Construction and Williams Brothers Construction. Association officials added that they plan to continue fundraising for the new HBCU scholarship to be able to support even more students.
鈥淚n order to create opportunities for everyone to thrive and succeed, and to open more doors for the next generation of construction professionals, we must work together,鈥 said Sasha Reed, Director of Industry Advancement at Procore. 鈥淭hese scholarships will increase the likelihood that more Black students will choose construction and graduate prepared to become the leaders in the industry.鈥
Procore helped launch the new scholarship last fall with an initial $250,000 gift. In addition to supporting the new scholarship, Procore.org, their social impact arm, provides educational support to HBCUs through free access to Procore鈥檚 platform and training resources to equip instructors with the tools needed to educate the future construction workforce.
鈥淭his new scholarship allows us to invest in future industry leaders coming out of the nation鈥檚 HBCUs,鈥 said Darrel Gibson, the executive director of the 蜜桔直播 Education & Research Foundation. 鈥淭hese scholarships make it easier for emerging leaders to focus on their future, instead of their finances.鈥
The HBCU scholarship program will be administered by the 蜜桔直播 Education and Research Foundation, which awards a host of construction scholarships, funds research into key construction topics and supports faculty externships at commercial construction firms. Gibson said the first round of scholarships will be awarded in the early fall to support students in the school year 2022-2023. Additional scholarships will be awarded annually in the fall.
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