New Terracon Scholarship Fund In December of 2019, the DFI Educational Trust and the Terracon Foundation established the DFI Educational Trust/Terracon Consultants Scholarship Fund, which will provide scholarships to engineering students attending any U.S. college or university. The endowment was established through a generous $50,000 National Partner Grant to the DFI Trust from the Terracon Foundation. The Fund will award, beginning in 2020, an annual $2,000 scholarship through the Trust’s At-Large Scholarship program. “Your monetary gift is an immense help to my continued education. With graduate school on the horizon, your gift will go directly towards tuition and books for the coming semesters.” Trent Phillips, University of Cincinnati. transportation and infrastructure sector and member of the DFI Educational Trust Board of Trustees, championed the grant application. Hal Hunt Lecture at DFI Annual Conference The Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications was delivered during DFI’s 44th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Chicago, Illinois. Linda Alvarado, president of Alvarado Construction and Theresa Engler, executive director, DFI Trust, and Bernie Hertlein, senior consultant, GEI, and DFI Educational Trust board member, receive a $50,000 check from Terracon representatives Liz Smith, senior principal, and Andrew Verity, national account manager, and DFI Educational Trust board member. The Terracon Foundation encourages employees to submit grant requests each year for organizations focused on education and the built and natural environment. Andrew Verity, national account manager for Terracon’s a limited partner in the ownership group of the Colorado Rockies, delivered the lecture on Embracing Change: It is Brains, Not Just Brawn. The Hal Hunt Lecture was established in 1989 in honor of Hal W. Hunt, one of the initial organizers of DFI, to recognize notable communications. The funds raised from the 2019 Lecture benefited the Women in Deep Foundations Fund. Thank You DFI The DFI Educational Trust gratefully acknowledges the Deep Foundations Institute Student Program at Annual Conference Keeping with its mission of bringing together multidisciplined individuals and organizations, DFI and the DFI Educational Trust offered an exciting Student Activities Program for undergraduate and graduate students, at the DFI 44th Annual Conference. Dozens of students took the opportunity to network with industry professionals at DFI’s career fair, as well as to learn about the deep foundations industry during the technical presentations and networking events. A tour of Chicago’s engineering and architectural sites was also a feature of the program, along with a scavenger hunt through downtown Chicago. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 5 for their generosity, not only in providing substantial monetary contributions, but also in-kind contributions of staff time, office space, supplies, and other valuable resources. This support allows the Trust to reduce its overhead costs and direct more funds to programs and services for the students in our industry. Giving Tuesday For the fifth year in a row, the Trust joined the nationwide #GivingTuesday movement to raise additional funds for DFI scholarship programs that help engineering students achieve their educational dreams. #GivingTuesday is a movement to create an international day of giving at the beginning of the holiday season. A total of approximately $8,500 was raised.
