MONROE — The Gene Haas Foundation recently presented South Piedmont Community College with a check for $15,000 to support student scholarships.
Gene Haas scholarships will be awarded to South Piedmont students currently enrolled, or soon to be enrolled, in the college’s machining-based programs — CNC machining and engineering.
The Gene Haas Foundation, named for the founder and owner of Haas Automation Inc., has awarded funds for scholarships and to help meet the needs of local communities and charities since 1999. To date, more than 1,200 charitable organizations and schools have received funds totaling more than $27 million from the foundation.
Contributed photo From left are Tripp Robinson, Haas sales engineer; Dr. Laura Byrd, executive director of the South Piedmont Community College Foundation; Mike Willard, program coordinator/instructor for SPCC’s advanced manufacturing and machining program, and Dennis Baucom, director of SPCC’s Center for Technology and Health Education.