On Thursday August 25th, 2016 a group of public officials, SIU representitives, corporate leaders and almost 300 SIU Automotive Technology Students gathered at the Transportation Education Center near Carbondale to celebrate a recent corporate donation to SIU's Automotive Technology Program.
Navistar International Corporation, a Lisle-Illinois based manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, defense vehicles and engines donated nine newer model commercial trucks to the program. Additionally, Rush Enterprises Incorporated, owner of Rush Truck Centers, donated state-of-the-art software that is currently used in industry to configure truck and body controllers.
