Gift to help UA mechanical engineering students

Kassandra Salazar (left) speaks Tuesday, April 5, 2016, to a group of 11th-grade students from Heritage High School in Rogers as they walk past Old Main while on a tour of the university campus in Fayetteville.
Kassandra Salazar (left) speaks Tuesday, April 5, 2016, to a group of 11th-grade students from Heritage High School in Rogers as they walk past Old Main while on a tour of the university campus in Fayetteville.

FAYETTEVILLE -- A $30,000 gift from Carter and Susan Berry will support mechanical engineering students at the University of Arkansas.

The Carter and Susan Berry Endowed Award in Mechanical Engineering will help undergraduate mechanical students with financial need.

Carter Berry studied mechanical engineering at UA. The couple lives in Columbus, Ga.

"As my wife and I were getting older, we realized the importance of a college education. We realized there are people in need -- that at one point included us," Carter Berry said in a statement released by the university. "Now, we felt we have sufficient funds to start an endowment and help others, and that's what we decided to do."

NW News on 04/20/2019

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