In support of the newly founded ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø mechanical engineering program, the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) Community Relationship Manager, Jeff Owsley, ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State Class of 1986, presents a $100,000 check to Matt Nehring, Ph.D., director of the mechanical engineering program. Also present were Erin Minks, representing U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Antonio Huerta, representing U.S. Senator John W. Hickenlooper.

Erin Minks,Jeff Owsley, Kent Buchanan, Antonio Huerta, Matt Nehring, David Tandberg
Pictured, left to right, Erin Minks, regional representative for Senator Michael Bennet; Jeff Owsley, ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State Class of 1986, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority community relationship manager; Kent Buchanan, Ph.D., ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State Vice President of Academic Affairs, Antonio Huerta, Southern Colorado regional director for U.S. Senator John W. Hickenlooper; Matt Nehring, Ph.D., director of CSU/³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State mechanical engineering program; and ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State President David Tandberg, Ph.D., Class of 2002.

CHFA’s Building the Future Scholarship benefits students majoring in the Colorado State University/³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø mechanical engineering program. CHFA designated $100,000 to scholarships over the next 10 years.

³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State partnered with Colorado State University to establish the mechanical engineering bachelor’s degree. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø have the opportunity to earn the CSU degree, delivered entirely on the ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State campus. ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø State provides all lower-division coursework for the first two years of the program and CSU provides all upper-division coursework for the last two years by CSU faculty who are located in Alamosa.

Visit CSU/ASU mechanical engineering for more information about CHFA’s Building the Future Scholarship the program.