Boeing donates $50,000 to SIU school of aviation

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale’s nationally recognized aviation program recently received a $50,000 donation from the Boeing Company to further enhance offerings to its students. 

Boeing’s latest gift will go toward scholarships and enable students in aviation-related student-registered organizations to attend conferences where they gain additional knowledge and network. 

Each of the three programs within the School of Aviation — flight, management and technologies — will get $10,000 in student scholarship funds. The remaining $20,000 is earmarked to support aviation outreach programs, such as Girls in Aviation, which introduces girls to aviation.   

Since 2016, Boeing and its employees have provided more than $344,000 to the SIU program.  



SIU aviation students Leslie Duran, left, and Valarie Meyer, represent two of the aviation-related registered student organizations who benefit from a recent $50,000 donation by The Boeing Company. They are standing in front of a Boeing 737 jet that aviation technologies students use in their training. (Photo by Russell Bailey)