Kenneth Wilkinson,

Auto Repair Technology Instructor

On Thursday, December 15, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing-Alabama donated seventeen pre-production 2006 Hyundai Sontas to Alabama secondary schools and two-year colleges, all located within a 50 to 75 mile radius of the auto manufacturing facility.
According to Greg Kimble, Hyundai Director if Human Resources, “These donations are part of our continuing effort to train Alabama’s future workforce in the automotive industry.”
Dallas County Schools Director of Vocational Education, Don Willingham, explained how the cars will be used. “Here at our Career Technical Training Center, we will be able to completely disassemble the Sonata and students will have a hands-on learning environment with a modern, highly computerized automobile. Hyundai was very specific concerning the use of these cars,” Willingham said, “We are not allowed to drive them on public roadways. We can only use them for instructional purposes and after we are finished with them, they must be destroyed.” The cars are pre-production vehicles which were constructed as test beds by Hyundai staff, and were never meant for sale.
Career Tech Center Automobile Mechanics instructor Ken Wilkinson and Auto Body and Fender Repair instructor Michael Shelton say their students are eager to have access to a brand new automobile for enhanced learning opportunities.
Willingham also expressed appreciation to Selma’s Gene Hisel, who provided a tow truck from his business free of charge, in order to pick up the Sonata at the Hyundai plant and deliver it to the Career Technical Center in Selma.
 

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  Jeannie Evans, Health Science

  Danny Gaylor, Welding Technology

 Kenneth Wilkinson, Auto Repair Technology

  Michael Shelton, Auto Collision Technology

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