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The Sierra Nevada Concrete Association announced it is funding a four-year scholarship for the unique Concrete Industry Management program at California State University, Chico.
"This degree and education track is the fast track to high-paying jobs," said Rick Quinn, president of the Sierra Nevada Concrete Association, a Northern Nevada-based industry association promoting the use of concrete.
"The program at Chico State is patterned after the very successful Tennessee State University program, where every single graduate has been getting a job with an average annual salary of $42,000 right out of school," he said.
The Chico State program is the only one of its kind in California/Nevada region, and among only four in the nation. Students in the major take a hybrid of courses - business management and concrete engineering - and may participate in a paid summer internship which allows them to gain work experience in the concrete industry.
To be eligible for the Sierra Nevada Concrete Association Concrete Industry Management Scholarship, worth more than $12,000, students must be a resident of Nevada, have a desire to attain a bachelors degree or higher in a course of study leading to a construction- or concrete-management careers, and an entering freshman or currently enrolled in college.
Scholarship criteria include; need, achievements, grades and desire - including a written statement regarding career objectives. Application deadline is May 30.
Scholarship details are available at www.sierranevaconcrete.org or through high school and college career centers.
"This degree and education track is the fast track to high-paying jobs," said Rick Quinn, president of the Sierra Nevada Concrete Association, a Northern Nevada-based industry association promoting the use of concrete.
"The program at Chico State is patterned after the very successful Tennessee State University program, where every single graduate has been getting a job with an average annual salary of $42,000 right out of school," he said.
The Chico State program is the only one of its kind in California/Nevada region, and among only four in the nation. Students in the major take a hybrid of courses - business management and concrete engineering - and may participate in a paid summer internship which allows them to gain work experience in the concrete industry.
To be eligible for the Sierra Nevada Concrete Association Concrete Industry Management Scholarship, worth more than $12,000, students must be a resident of Nevada, have a desire to attain a bachelors degree or higher in a course of study leading to a construction- or concrete-management careers, and an entering freshman or currently enrolled in college.
Scholarship criteria include; need, achievements, grades and desire - including a written statement regarding career objectives. Application deadline is May 30.
Scholarship details are available at www.sierranevaconcrete.org or through high school and college career centers.
