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Intertech Flooring Finalizes UTSA Endowment

Intertech Flooring recently completed funding of its $10,000 Endowed Scholarship in Interior Design at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Acknowledging the endowed scholarship are Susan Lanford, left, Coordinator of UTSA’s Interior Design program, and Julius Gribou, right, Dean of the College of Architecture, with Intertech Flooring President/CEO Bill Imhoff and Intertech Vice President-San Antonio Operations Mark Jones at UTSA’s Downtown Campus.

(April 29, 2007 - AUSTIN, Texas) - Full-service commercial flooring specialist Intertech Flooring announced today that it has funded a $10,000 endowed scholarship at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

The Intertech Flooring Endowed Scholarship in Interior Design funds a scholarship for UTSA’s College of Architecture. When established in 2002, the scholarship marked the first-ever UTSA College of Architecture scholarship offered specifically for interior design students.

The Intertech Flooring Scholarship in Interior Design will be used to send UTSA Architecture students to the prestigious NeoCon® World’s Trade Fair held each summer in Chicago. NeoCon is North America’s largest conference and exhibition for interior design and facilities management, drawing more than 40,000 registrants. 

 “The Intertech Flooring Endowed Scholarship in Interior Design will provide experience-based educational resources to enhance the college’s efforts in recruiting and retaining bright, capable future interior designers,” said Julius Gribou, dean of UTSA's College of Architecture. 

Through the Intertech scholarship, UTSA interior design students will see the latest product introductions, interact with professional interior designers, architects and facility managers, and participate in educational seminars on industry trends.

"We are delighted that Intertech Flooring chose UTSA to create this special fund and unique learning opportunity for our design students," said Susan Lanford, IIDA, senior lecturer and coordinator of UTSA's Interior Design bachelor's degree program.

"We wanted to create a way for aspiring interior designers to gain a deeper understanding of the commercial sector of the design business," said Intertech Flooring CEO Bill Imhoff. "As these students graduate and enter the interior design industry, their exposure to leading-edge commercial design trends will be a tremendous asset to their clients."

Intertech Flooring is one of the country’s leading providers of commercial flooring products, installation, maintenance and design consultation services to clients throughout Texas and the Southwest. The company was established in 1988 in Austin, and opened a San Antonio location in 1992. In 2006, Floor Covering Weekly ranked Intertech Flooring 18th in its Top 25 Contractors nationwide listing.

The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of the premier institutions of higher education in South Texas and one of the fastest growing universities in the state. One of nine academic universities and six health institutions that comprise the UT System, UTSA is the second largest institution in the system. Celebrating its 37th anniversary, UTSA serves more than 28,300 students enrolled in 63 bachelor's, 43 master's and 20 doctoral degree programs.

Programs are offered through the colleges of Architecture, Business, Education and Human Development, Engineering, Honors, Liberal and Fine Arts, Public Policy, Sciences, and the Graduate School. A university of access and excellence, UTSA is a Hispanic-serving institution and is committed to research and discovery, teaching and learning, and public service.

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Intertech Flooring (www.intertechflooring.com) is one of the country’s leading providers of commercial flooring products, installation, maintenance and design consultation services to clients throughout Texas and the Southwest. The company was established in 1988 in Austin, and opened a San Antonio location in 1992. Intertech expanded again in 2007 with the opening of a third location, in Mission, Texas.