BASF donates $35,000 to University of Houston

HOUSTON, TX, May 29, 2012 -- BASF has donated $35,000 to the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston in support of the school’s Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES).

The program is designed to provide academic, social, and financial opportunities and support for engineering students with diverse backgrounds, with an emphasis on helping students to be successful during their first year in college. PROMES provides academic monitoring, tutoring, general orientation, and where applicable, career and personal counseling in an informal setting for the new students.

“BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future, which includes helping students to be successful,” said Heidi S. Alderman, Senior Vice President, Petrochemicals, for BASF in North America. “By supporting programs such as PROMES, we are encouraging students to master the engineering skills that will help drive future innovation in high technology careers.”

Dr. Kathy Zerda, Director for the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies at the University of Houston, said, “We are very grateful for the strong support that BASF has provided to our student success programming through this donation and through our ongoing relationship. The diverse community of engineering undergraduates who participate in PROMES represent the technical workforce of the future, and we are excited to have BASF as a partner in creating that future!”

For a press photo, please click on the following link: http://www.basf.us/pressphotos/05-30-12_PROMES.jpg. 

Suggested Caption:  Heidi Alderman, Senior Vice President, Petrochemicals, for BASF in North America (left) presented a check for $35,000 to Dr. Kathy Zerda, Director for the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) at the University of Houston.

BASF – The Chemical Company

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 16,000 employees in North America, and had sales of $20 billion in 2011. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us.

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. We combine economic success, social responsibility and environmental protection. Through science and innovation we enable our customers in almost all industries to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and system solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring healthy food and nutrition and helping to improve the quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF posted sales of about €73.5 billion in 2011 and had more than 111,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.

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