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$1 million Kinross gift supports engineering students

August 17, 2011

University Relations

University of Alaska President Patrick Gamble, Department Chair and Professor of mineral engineering Rajive Ganguli of UAF's School of Engineering and Mines, Doug Goering, Dean of SEM, Lauren Roberts, general manager and vice president of Kinross Fort Knox, Lorna Shaw, manager of Community and Government Relations for Kinross Fort Knox and Dan White, director of UAF's Institute of Northern Engineering. Photo by Todd Paris
University of Alaska President Patrick Gamble, Department Chair and Professor of mineral engineering Rajive Ganguli of UAF's School of Engineering and Mines, Doug Goering, Dean of SEM, Lauren Roberts, general manager and vice president of Kinross Fort Knox, Lorna Shaw, manager of Community and Government Relations for Kinross Fort Knox and Dan White, director of UAF's Institute of Northern Engineering. Photo by Todd Paris

UAF and Kinross Fort Knox this week announced a gift to support graduate student research in mining engineering. The $1 million engineering research endowment will allow UAF to provide advanced training for mining engineers by establishing a steady source of research funding.

The mining engineering program was one of the first at UAF, which was founded in 1917 as the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. Since then, the university has served as a training ground for mining engineers for companies throughout the state, as well as the nation and world. As part of that mission, UAF has formed partnerships with mining companies like Kinross, which provides students access to high-caliber mentors, internships and job opportunities in the Fairbanks community. In addition, UAF students and faculty members regularly collaborate with Fort Knox on research projects and Fort Knox employees volunteer as members of advisory boards at UAF.

For more information see UAF News and Events, contact Rajive Ganguli, mining engineering department chairman, 474-7212 or rganguli@alaska.edu; Doug Goering, College of Engineering and Mines dean, 474-7730 or djgoering@alaska.edu; or Lorna Shaw, Fort Knox community and government relations manager, 490-2218 or lorna.shaw@kinross.com.