$34-M high tech centre planned for university.A planned $34-million technology centre at Lakehead University Lakehead University, at Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada; founded 1946 as Lakehead Technical Institute. It achieved university status in 1965. Lakehead has faculties of arts and science, business, education, engineering, forestry, library and information studies, nursing, will offer students, community groups and conference delegates a host of advanced technologies. The Advanced Technology and Academic Centre (ATAC ATAC Arimidex, tamoxifen and combination therapy ) will measure 8,400-square-metres and will house advanced technology applications, primarily in the area of engineering and computer science. Construction will begin in summer 2001 and is expected to be complete by January 2003. John Whitfield John Whitfield could refer to:
v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. computer facility. He says ATAC will boost Lakehead University's reputation as a centre of technological excellence. "It's really going to be a strong statement that the university is there on the cutting-edge of technology," he says. "I think it's going to move us forward." The facility will create over 1,300 new spaces for students and will include "smart" classrooms, videoconferencing facilities, multi-media productions/teaching services, Geographic Information Systems geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to facilities and computer labs. A 300-seat lecture theatre with "all the electronic bells and whistles A slang English term for exceptional features in some product. In the computer field, it typically refers to functions in software that may be greatly appreciated by some users, even though they may not be necessary most of the time. " is planned for the facility, and Whitfield says that feature may attract community and regional groups to the university campus. "ATAC will be viewed as a community resource," he says. "To have a facility like (the lecture hall lecture hall n → sala de conferencias; (UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m ) will allow for multimedia presentations." He says organizations which currently host conferences elsewhere in the city may opt to bring their conferences to the university's ATAC in the future because of its technological capabilities. "I think there are a number of possibilities," Whitfield says. "There are a number of conferences in the spring and summer on campus, and I think the (ATAC) facilities could help." The project received $13.4-million funding from the province's Superbuild Growth Fund, announced in February of this year. The balance of the funding, Whitfield says, will come from fund-raising initiatives and other partners from the community and the province. |
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