Rogers-Lowell Area News

HP Engineering Supports Diversity with University of Arkansas Scholarship

HP Engineering, Incorporated has announced the creation of a new annual scholarship to a freshman entering the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas.

In support of the University’s goal to strengthen the school's ability to recruit and retain students who might need financial assistance with their education, HP is pleased to provide funds to one student each year.

The HP Engineering Freshmen Recruiting Scholarship in Design provides financial assistance to freshman students entering the Fay Jones School, with a preference to Native American students. This is a $1,000 scholarship that will be awarded each year for the next five years. It is HP’s wish to encourage qualified Native American students to explore academic interests and careers in the areas of architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design.

"The Fay Jones School has had a huge impact on the success of HP Engineering," said Brandon Pinkerton, president of HP Engineering in Rogers. "Many of the architects who are products of the Fay Jones School have become key clients and friends to HP Engineering over the years. Without these quality architects, HP Engineering would not be as successful as we are today. We are always looking for ways to show our gratitude and give back to the architectural community that is so generous to us."

Impacting the lives of Native American students is of particular interest to Pinkerton.

"As a Native American, I value the rich experience I had attending the University of Arkansas," he said. "I want other young Native Americans to have the opportunity for such an experience. I would like more Arkansans to be aware of the thriving Native American communities that exist just across our shared border with Oklahoma. I also know from growing up in an Oklahoma border town that
the University of Arkansas is not on the minds of many young Oklahomans who are considering their options after high school."

The first HP Engineering Freshmen Recruiting Scholarship in Design was awarded in September, 2019.