Bank and Software Giant Build Technology Bridge Along the Border.Business Editors LAREDO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000 International Bancshares Corporation (&uot;IBC&uot;) (Nasdaq:IBOC See HD Radio. ) and the Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, are helping bring learning opportunities to a local school district that otherwise would have been unavailable. The companies announced an agreement today to help the United Independent School District span its technology gap and fully utilize a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The district was one of only 14 applicants in a pool of more than 400 that received a Technology Innovation Challenge Grant from the Department of Education in 1999. The money will fund the district's Project Millennium, which will bring new computer hardware, software and training to students and teachers as well as the city of Laredo. IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention and Microsoft are providing instruction and oversight for the implementation of the Project's initiatives. Among them is an expansion of the curriculum at the district's United High School. A &uot;virtual finance&uot; classroom has been created, which will include an actual stock ticker Stock ticker A letter designation assigned to securities and mutual funds that trade on US financial exchanges. . Students will be able to track the performances of various stocks and make virtual investments, instead of using real money. &uot;IBC's involvement is allowing us to replicate successful programs from the the outside world by helping us understand the potential of our new resources from a business perspective,&uot; said Dr. Dolores Dolores (or Delores) was a common given name (until the 1960s in the USA); it is cognate with the English word "dolorous" (meaning sorrowful) and equivalent in meaning. Medrano, Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. for Curriculum and Instruction of the United Independent School District. The &uot;virtual finance&uot; class is patterned after similar course offerings at the School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas , which also has agreed to lend advisory support to Project Millennium. IBC is being credited with bringing together all the entities involved and forging their collaboration. &uot;If we had not had their support, we might have given up on the endeavor,&uot; Medrano said. IBC will continue to support the Project by sponsoring a mentoring effort that brings University of Texas business majors to Laredo and sends Laredo high school students to the University of Texas at Austin School of Business for educational camps. Yearly bank internships for students also are expected to be part of IBC's involvement with the school district. International Bancshares Corporation (Nasdaq:IBOC) is a $5.3 billion multi-bank holding company headquartered in Laredo, Texas. It has more than 90 facilities and 192 ATMs in 28 communities, including Houston, San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , Corpus Christi, McAllen, Brownsville and several other locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley and the Texas Gulf Coast. |
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