{"id":4213,"date":"2025-02-04T16:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:15:19","slug":"nissan-donates-nine-electric-vehicles-to-siu-school-of-automotive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4213","title":{"rendered":"Nissan donates nine electric vehicles to SIU School of Automotive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nissan Donates Nine EVs to SIU Automotive\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Wj4m3MGZBk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gift facilitated by alumnus Lee Raines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Incredible corporate partnerships play a vital role in the success of Southern Illinois University students, particularly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/academics.siu.edu\/aviation-and-automotive\/automotive\/\">School of Automotive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have a program that students don\u2019t just graduate from, they actually come back and give to the program,\u201d Chancellor Austin Lane said. \u201cOur alumni are out across the country. It really helps when those alumni stay connected because our students can connect and network and get jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This fall, the school received a donation of nine electric vehicles from Nissan, a gift facilitated by SIU alumnus and Nissan executive Lee Raines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNissan is one of the early adopters for electric vehicles, and our partnership with them has been very strong for decades,\u201d said Andrew Croxell, director of the School of Automotive. \u201cThey\u2019ve been extremely generous to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The donation consists of nine new Nissan Leafs for students to work on in the Glenn Poshard Transportation Education Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a pure training standpoint, to have nine examples of anything is really valuable to us,\u201d Croxell said. \u201cLee Raines at Nissan has been a huge supporter for a number of years. He was instrumental in sourcing these donation vehicles as well as several other components and vehicles over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raines, a 1986 alumnus of the school, is the senior manager of aftersales operations for Nissan North America, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the exciting things that happens from time to time \u2026 is the opportunity to provide vehicles to the school so the technicians can learn the latest technology,\u201d he said. \u201cIt will allow the technicians to learn about electric motors, transducers, final drive units, along with batteries and battery management systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond his work through Nissan, Raines and his wife, Renee, have established the Lee and Renee Raines Automotive Scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving back to the university \u2026 helps those who really want to succeed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how you can support SIU programs and students, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/siuf.org\">siuf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gift facilitated by alumnus Lee Raines By Jeff Wilson Incredible corporate partnerships play a vital role in the success of Southern Illinois University students, particularly in the School of Automotive. \u201cYou have a program that students don\u2019t just graduate from, they actually come back and give to the program,\u201d Chancellor Austin Lane said. \u201cOur alumni &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=4213\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nissan donates nine electric vehicles to SIU School of Automotive<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-stories","category-higher-education","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4213"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4227,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213\/revisions\/4227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}