
"I am proud to announce that the Midwest Regional office of LIUNA has led the way to create a bachelor’s degree program with our good friends at Southern Illinois University Carbondale."
- Ed Smith, Retired
Vice President Laborers'
International Union of
North America
Construction industry experts are experiencing a huge national shortage in qualified manpower and are also predicting that this shortage will only increase in the future unless recruitment and training in the construction industry increase tremendously.
WHY SOUTHERN?
Southern Illinois University Carbondale has a long history of delivering programs at distant sites throughout the nation and the world. The University has a wide range of courses offered through distance education in web-based, print-based and broadband interactive video delivery, allowing students to take SIUC courses anytime, anywhere.

