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GPD Group Civil Engineering Scholarship Program

The GPD Group Civil Engineering Scholarship Program at The University of Akron is sponsored by GPD Group in Akron, Ohio. GPD Group (GPD) provides architecture, engineering, planning and construction services to public and private sector clients throughout Ohio and across the United States. GPD established roots in Akron, Ohio in 1961 and has grown to a firm of over 600 professionals located in 14 offices nationwide.

GPD Group offers a comprehensive and diverse range of services within the framework of State/Federal, Local Governments, and Corporate and Private Utilities. The firm delivers value through the life cycle of a project with an integrated approach that capitalizes on its full-service capabilities.

GPD is committed to helping students flourish by providing hands-on experience, competitive pay and mentoring in their area of interest. GPD loves passing on its knowledge and expertise to aspiring young professionals and is proud that many of its company leaders were brought up through The GPD Group Civil Engineering Scholarship Program. The company is eager to continue this tradition through ongoing support of the program.

The GPD Group Civil Engineering Scholarship Program will be awarded annually for use towards tuition and fees. The scholarship focuses on students pursuing a program of study in civil engineering at The University of Akron. First consideration will be given to students participating in the Increasing Diversity in Engineering Academics Program (IDEAS), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the Women in Engineering Program (WIE), or the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).

This scholarship was first established in May 2006, and subsequently revised in September of the same year, followed by updates in February 2019 and April 2024. GPD Group is a member of the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí advisory council the Committee for the Future of Civil Engineering (CFCE).

Sophomore through senior level students are eligible to apply for The GPD Group Civil Engineering Scholarship Program, providing the following prerequisites are met:

• Student is actively enrolled at The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, and has declared a major in civil engineering in The University's College of Engineering and Polymer Science.
• Student has achieved a GPA of 3.0 or better at the high school level and has excelled in math and sciences.
• First consideration will be given to:
  • students who have participated or are participating in the Increasing Diversity in Engineering Academics Program (IDEAS), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the Women in Engineering Program (WIE), or the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
  • U.S. citizens or permanent residents/nationals

Scholarship recipient(s) will also be given selection preference as part of The University of Akron's College of Engineering and Polymer Science Civil Co-op Program at GPD during the course of their Civil Engineering Curriculum.

Recipients may be considered for renewal of the scholarship if they maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA and continue to demonstrate that they excel in math and sciences at the university level.

Students are not eligible to receive this scholarship while on co-op as the scholarship is only applicable to tuition and fees.

The Department of Civil Engineering will provide the industrial advisory board Committee for the Future of Civil Engineering with a list of qualified candidates for review and selection. In the event that the CFCE Council elects not to select scholarship recipients, the Committee ceases to exist, or GPD Group ceases to have representation on the Committee, the responsibility for awarding the scholarship will be transferred to The University of Akron's Scholarship Committee within the Office of Student Financial Aid.

To make a tax-deductible gift to this scholarship, please visit ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s . Select “A different designation” from the drop-down menu and enter “GPD Scholarship” in the text box. Thank you!