Stevens receives $5,000 donation from Hess Corporation
Hess donation given in recognition of Stevens graduates and co-op students
HOBOKEN , N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology has received a $5,000 donation from Hess Corporation. Bill Rothe, Director of Corporate Headquarters Information Services, and Gemma Young, Human Resources Manager for Information Services at Hess Corporation, recently presented the check to Stevens as a demonstration of Hess’ gratitude to Stevens for providing quality students for full -time positions and co-op experiences. Dan Duchamp, Interim Director of Computer Science at Stevens, received the check on behalf of the university. Hess has been working with and hiring Stevens co-op students for more than three years, and has recently signed a job offer contract with a student who will be graduating in May 2008.
Hess Corporation is a leading global independent energy company, engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas, as well as in refining and in marketing refined petroleum products, natural gas and electricity. For more information on the Hess Corporation, please visit www.hess.comAbout Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty of 140 and more than 200 full-time special faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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