CONSOL Energy Presents Major Gift to
BSC Mining Engineering Program

( Bluefield)—CONSOL Energy recently presented a $20,000 gift in support of Bluefield State College’s mining engineering technology program. CONSOL representatives Rex Penn and Gerald Kowzan made the presentation to Roger Owen sby, Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Mining Engineering Technology at BSC during a brief ceremony at the College.

Since 1980, CONSOL has supported BSC’s mining engineering technology program on a continuing basis. The most recent gift brings to approximately $200,000 the total amount of CONSOL’s contributions to the program. More than 90 BSC students have benefited from CONSOL’s scholarship support over the past quarter century, and more than 60 BSC graduates have accepted employment with CONSOL.

CONSOL also makes available special scholarships for minorities and women. These scholarships are granted individually as students are recruited and choose careers in the mining industry.

December 13, 2006