Through the years, engineering education has had many supporters. Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison helped secure funding for the Institute for Engineering Education at SMU through an initial federal grant. And more than ten years ago, Texas Instruments partnered with SMU Engineering to create the award-winning Infinity Project, one of several initiatives designed to help American students become more competitive in science, math and technology. Today, the Caruth Foundation of Communities Foundation of Texas has accepted the challenge of expanding these programs to more students from kindergarten through graduate school.

About Communities Foundation of Texas
Communities Foundation of Texas was founded in 1953 and is committed to promoting the promise of philanthropy; to creating growing and lasting charitable legacies in the names of its donors, both living and departed; and to building a better community. Its W.W. Caruth, Jr. Foundation is dedicated to fostering innovations in education, among other areas of focus, as an extension of the legacy of Will Caruth. In the last five decades, CFT has distributed more than $850 million in charitable grants on behalf of its nearly 1,000 funds and has built assets of more than $800 million. To learn more, visit cftexas.org.