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Lance Collins
Collins Fund will accelerate Brown Endowment with the selection of a Collins Scholar
To attract talent to the profession, we need to change perceptions of who is a chemical engineer. Lance Collins, AIChE Foundation Trustee and inaugural vice president and executive director of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, is helping to do both of those with a new multi-year gift.
To solve our world’s biggest challenges, we need talent from all backgrounds to pursue chemical engineering. I’m passionate about our next generation and pleased to inspire future innovators via the MAC Scholarship with the selection of a Collins Scholar. — Lance Collins, AIChE Foundation Trustee
Expanding upon his initial gift to close the first phase of fundraising for the Brown Endowment, Lance recently made a new commitment. It both bolsters the endowment and creates a second opportunity annually for one MAC Scholar to be recognized also as a Lance R. Collins Scholar.
Upon selection, the Collins Scholar will receive a $1,000 annual award, attendance at the AIChE Annual Student Conference, along with a travel stipend of up to $500, and enrollment in the Peak Leadership Program.
“To solve our world’s biggest challenges, we need talent from all backgrounds to pursue chemical engineering. I’m passionate about our next generation and pleased to inspire future innovators via the MAC Scholarship with the selection of a Collins Scholar.”
Building upon the vision of MAC’s founders, Henry Brown, Gerald Lessells and James Wei, earlier this year a small group of Trustees launched a micro-campaign to raise $300,000 over the next three years. Lance’s gift will help to support their efforts.
It is imperative to lead by example and advance AIChE’s commitment to equitable, diverse, and inclusive chemical engineering talent. Visit this page to learn more about the Brown Endowment and MAC Scholars.