NCA Awards $64,500 in College Scholarships

The Nevada Contractors Association’s David Papadopulo Memorial Scholarship program has awarded over $64,500 to junior and senior-level college students pursuing a construction related career.

The program was created in 2007 to honor David “Pappy” Papadopulo, a construction executive and industry leader, who died on November 6, 2006. He was 38. Papadopulo, a former vice president with Olson Precast Co., served on the NCA Board of Directors. He believed education was critical to industry’s future. It’s a belief that NCA and its members share.

Scholarship recipients must be enrolled in either the civil engineering or construction management departments, and maintain a minimum 2.5 grade-point-average or higher. Scholarship awards will pay for student tuition, books and living expenses.

The program awarded $14,000 to four students majoring in construction management and civil engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2010. Jonathan Allen, Arnaldo Levya, Erick Mata and Francell Rodriguez each received $3,500 to apply toward tuition and school expenses. The students are all upperclassmen with a combined 3.38 grade point average. The scholarship program has awarded $64,500 to 17 students since 2007.

For more information or if you wish to donate to the UNLV David Papadopulo Scholarship Fund, please contact: