MI truck dealership donates $50k+ diesel engine to Baker College for technician training

    Presenting the donated engine from Berger Dealer Group are service managers Joe Kook, second from left, and Mike Peters, second from right. Kook works at Berger’s Clinton Township dealership; Peters oversees service at the Saginaw and Dearborn facilities. From Baker College are, from left, Lynn Rogers, ADI business relations manager; Bob Ellsworth, ADI program director; and Aaron Maike, Baker College of Owosso president.

    The Eastern/Central MI Berger Dealer Group, headquartered in Dearborn, has donated a $51,558 12.9-liter, diesel truck engine to Baker College’s Auto/Diesel Institute of Michigan to enable engine-specific technician training. There is a tremendous need for skilled diesel service technicians.

    Presenting the donated engine from Berger Dealer Group are service managers Joe Kook, second from left, and Mike Peters, second from right. Kook works at Berger’s Clinton Township dealership; Peters oversees service at the Saginaw and Dearborn facilities. From Baker College are, from left, Lynn Rogers, ADI business relations manager; Bob Ellsworth, ADI program director; and Aaron Maike, Baker College of Owosso president.

     

    Interested ADI students taking a closer look at the donated 12.9-liter diesel engine are, from left, Chandler Buck, Morrice; David Johnson, Carson City; Mike Bassett, Edmore; and Patrick Kleikamp, Batavia, Illinois. They will learn about the engine in class by taking it apart and putting it back together.

     

    More than 50 students, faculty and invited guests are on hand for Berger Dealer Group’s presentation of a heavy-duty diesel engine valued at $51,558. Presenters include, center from left, Bob Ellsworth, ADI program director; and Aaron Maike, Baker College of Owosso president; and Berger Dealer Group service managers Joe Kook and Mike Peters.