Need #1: Simulators

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Impact of Campaign

Upgrading the current simulators will give us the ability to add more curriculum, which helps prepare our students for the industry.

Need #2: Planes

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Impact of Campaign

We move closer to our fleet-replacement goals of adding 1 to 2 new planes every year and never having a plane older than 20 years.


Need #3: Scholarship Support

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Impact of Campaign

We want to help offset students' program costs with more and larger scholarship awards.

Need #4: Program Support

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Impact of Campaign

These funds will help with yearly maintenance, facility upgrades, faculty recruitment, retention, and development.

Learn more about the goals of the campaign by clicking the button below to read our brochure.

How can you support the Institute of Aviation campaign?

• Make a gift to support the greatest needs of the Institute of Aviation
• Establish an Institute of Aviation scholarship or support the general scholarship fund
• Name a plane in our fleet at the $5,000 level
• Include the Institute of Aviation in your will or estate plans

Contact us with questions or to discuss other giving options.

Tracy Walhfeldt, Executive Director
Parkland College Foundation
Twahlfeldt@parkland.edu
217/373-3789

Wendy Evans, Director of Aviation
Institute of Aviation at Parkland College
wevans@parkland.edu
217/353-7123