Gift creates student lounge in new home for Spears School of Business
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HOUSTON -- (Business Wire)
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced that the company has donated
$1 million toward building a new home for Oklahoma State University’s
Spears School of Business. In appreciation for this gift, OSU is naming
the building’s social and collaborative area the ConocoPhillips Student
Lounge.
ConocoPhillips announced a $1 million donation toward building a new home for Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business. During an event in Bartlesville, Okla., Ken Seaman (pictured left holding check), ConocoPhillips' executive sponsor for OSU and a university alum, presented a check for $1 million to OSU's Dr. Ken Eastman (pictured right holding check), interim dean and associate professor of management, Spears School of Business. They are joined by some of the 440 ConocoPhillips employees who are OSU alumni. (Photo: Business Wire)
This contribution is in addition to ConocoPhillips’ ongoing annual
support for scholarships, programs, faculty and facilities across the
OSU system.
“Oklahoma State University is grateful for the continuing support of
ConocoPhillips and its employees, including many OSU graduates,” OSU
President Burns Hargis said. “ConocoPhillips is OSU’s largest corporate
donor, giving nearly $40 million through the years along with hiring
countless alumni. ConocoPhillips is an Oklahoma business pioneer and
leader, so we are delighted and grateful the company is helping build
the new home for our business school.”
The new building will serve as the eastern anchor of the university’s
main quad. It will significantly increase the space for Spears School of
Business’ 5,000 students and faculty members, becoming a magnet for
attracting the region’s best minds to engage in dialogue about business,
entrepreneurship, economics, law and policy issues.
The ConocoPhillips Student Lounge will be a gathering place for
undergraduate and graduate students, providing a central and dynamic
location for collaboration, studying and relaxation between classes. The
space will be filled with natural light and include ample comfortable
seating, computers, study tables and entertainment options to
accommodate the needs and desires of today’s busy students. Students
will also help in the design process to ensure it is the most inviting
and visible space for their peers.
“Oklahoma State University continues to provide ConocoPhillips with top
talent,” said Ken Seaman, ConocoPhillips’ executive sponsor for OSU and
a university alum. “We’re proud to continue to support the university
and the Spears School of Business through this investment.”
Seaman, an assistant controller with ConocoPhillips, presented the $1
million check to OSU’s Dr. Ken Eastman, interim dean and associate
professor of management, Spears School of Business, during a special
ceremony this morning on ConocoPhillips’ downtown campus in
Bartlesville, Okla.
“We are proud of the relationship we have forged with ConocoPhillips and
are humbled by this gift to our new business building,” says Eastman.
“The Student Lounge is a perfect way to honor the many Spears School
graduates that ConocoPhillips has hired over the years. We look forward
to continuing our partnership with ConocoPhillips so that more of our
students can build great careers there.”
For more information on the nationally acclaimed Spears School of
Business and its progress on the state-of-the-art new facility, visit spears.okstate.edu.
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ConocoPhillips is the world’s largest independent E&P company based on
production and proved reserves. Headquartered in Houston, Texas,
ConocoPhillips had operations and activities in 27 countries, $54
billion in annual revenue, $118 billion of total assets, and
approximately 18,400 employees as of Dec. 31, 2013. Production from
continuing operations averaged 1,502 MBOED in 2013, and preliminary
proved reserves were 8.9 billion BOE as of Dec. 31, 2013. For more
information, go to www.conocophillips.com.
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