Donor gives Northern $50K for Diesel Technology Center

An anonymous person has donated $50,000 to Montana State University-Northern's new Diesel Technology Center.

This donation represents the first gift under a matching grant issued by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation in conjunction with Modern Machinery, a Washington company.

The grant will match any new donations toward Northern's new auto-diesel building, up to $250,000.

The new building will house the Diesel Technology and combination auto-diesel program classes. The Automotive Technology program classes will move into the Farm Mechanics Building and the Applied Technology Center,...