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Friday, Feb. 15, 2008
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153
CSX gift supports RTI, engineering program at Marshall
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – CSX Corporation today presented $20,000 to Marshall University – $10,000 each to the Nick J. Rahall, II, Appalachian Transportation Institute and Marshall’s newly reinstated engineering program.
A check presentation took place in the office of MU President Stephen J. Kopp on the Huntington campus. Kopp was joined by Randy Cheetham, CSX’s Regional Vice President-Public Affairs, Robert Plymale, director of the Rahall Transportation Institute, Dr. Tony Szwilski, interim dean of Marshall’s College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE), and Sara Mullen, director of development for CITE, in the presentation.
“CSX’s contributions to the Rahall Transportation Institute and the new engineering school at Marshall recognize our long-standing relationship with the University and the important role it plays in Huntington, where so many of our employees live and work,” Cheetham said. “RTI’s research continues to be a vital resource for the railroad industry, strengthening its ability to support the American economy. And we look forward to the day when Marshall University School of Engineering graduates come to work for CSX.”
The funds will be used to support further research at the Rahall Transportation Institute and to fund a scholarship for the engineering program.
Plymale said the support of CSX is important to RTI’s success.
“We appreciate CSX’s ongoing financial and technical support for our research,” Plymale said. “It is an important partnership for us.”
Szwilski said he, too, is grateful for CSX’s latest gift.
“The CSX scholarship is a significant investment in our engineering students,” Szwilski said. “In addition, CSX is helping to support the engineering program’s growth and success.”