Stantec Donates $120,000 to the University of Kentucky's Civil Engineering Department

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Nov. 13, 2014 - PRLog -- NYSE, TSX: STN

Design firm Stantec has donated $120,000 to the University of Kentucky (UK)’s Department of Civil Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory Enhancement Campaign. Stantec is the largest contributor to this campaign, which will fund renovations to two teaching labs in the College of Engineering’s Civil Engineering Department.

The contribution builds on Stantec’s unique affiliation with the University of Kentucky.  Stantec employees have earned more than 130 degrees from the institution, 80 of them from UK’s College of Engineering.

Richard Sutherland, senior principal with Stantec, said, “When UK’s Civil Engineering Department invited two Stantec employees to participate in an industry-wide drive to raise money to upgrade teaching laboratories, our Kentucky staff, along with regional and corporate leadership, stepped up to become the leading contributors to the campaign.  We’re excited to support this great institution that has provided us with so many talented young professionals.”

Once the renovations are complete, Stantec will receive naming rights to two teaching labs. The UK fundraising effort underscores the firm’s committment to helping local community organizations, and in particular, supporting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.

Stantec’s Kentucky offices employ a staff of nearly 300 professionals providing services in the firm’s geotechnical, environmental, water and wastewater engineering, and transportation business lines.

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