Unocal provides scholarships

Unocal provides scholarships

JAKARTA (JP): American energy company Unocal Corporation is to
provide up to US$1 million in scholarships for Southeast Asian
students to study petroleum and related disciplines at the
Colorado School of Mines (CSM).

The vice president and general manager of Unocal Indonesia,
Olin D. Whitescarver, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that the
scholarship program would be given to help Southeast Asian
students who could no longer afford to study overseas following
the dollar's sharp appreciation against regional currencies.

The scholarships will be available for any Indonesian students
who succeed in enrolling at CSM, he said.

Unocal has also provided a fund of $1.5 million to help
finance the studies of 500 Southeast Asian students enrolled in
U.S. colleges and universities and establish job retraining
programs for newly unemployed Thai workers.

CSW is the only institution in the U.S. that offers doctoral
degrees in geology, geophysics, petroleum engineering, and mining
engineering. (jsk)