Bell Atlantic Gives $1 Million Grant to Pace University for Community Technology Centers.WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1997-- Partnership with the National Urban League is Key to Center in Westchester A $1 million grant from the Bell Atlantic Foundation will enable Pace University to establish three community technology centers in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of area. The Technology Centers for Education and Community Empowerment -- as they will be called -- will be created at the Lubin Graduate Center in White Plains, the Pace Midtown mid·town n. A central portion of a city, between uptown and downtown. midtown Noun US & Canad the centre of a town Center in Manhattan and at the Urban League of Westchester County. The centers will train faculty members from the School of Education who in turn will train teachers to use technology in the classroom. The grant will also fund workshops and classes for teachers to upgrade their technology skills. In addition, the gift will support the educational, job skill training and community service programs of the Westchester Urban League. "We are delighted to work in partnership with the Urban League of Westchester and Bell Atlantic," said Patricia Ewers, Pace University president. "The technology centers will give Pace the opportunity to share its resources with the community and to help develop a new generation of teachers who are sophisticated in using the emerging technologies of the 21st century." The Bell Atlantic grant expands the company's support for the development of inner-city community technology centers. Through a previously announced grant of $1 million to the National Urban League, two centers are being constructed in Boston, Mass. and Binghampton, N.Y., for operation by the local affiliate organizations of the National Urban League. The centers will give access to telecommunications and information technology to members of the communities served by the local Urban Leagues and will also educate and train students of all ages in the use and application of new technologies. "Our partnership with Bell Atlantic to build these community technology centers supports our mission, which is to help African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. and other urban poor obtain social and economic equality," said Hugh B. Price, president of the National Urban League. "Knowledge of emerging technologies enhances the opportunities available to members of our community to compete and succeed in a new global economy. We are very grateful to Bell Atlantic for making these centers possible and stimulating our drive to lead all of our affiliate organizations into the information age." The state-of-the-art technology centers announced today will be equipped for a range of uses. They will include networked computer workstations with access to the Internet, World Wide Web and other information services See Information Systems. for online research and programs. The sites will also allow for video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. and distance learning. The center at the Urban League of Westchester County will be open to its staff and clients for job-skill training, Internet access See how to access the Internet. and after-school educational programs for students and senior citizens. "New technology continues to revolutionize business, education, health care, government operations This article aims to describe the financial expenditure associated with the operations and processes of world governments of all levels. Size of economic footprint
As chairman and chief executive officer of Verizon Communications Inc., formerly Bell Atlantic and previously NYNEX, Seidenberg steered those companies through two of the largest , Bell Atlantic vice chairman, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Access to technology can determine whether individuals and communities can participate in and fully benefit from the promise of American society in the next century. We are excited to be partnering with Pace University and the Urban League -- dynamic leaders in the national effort to provide access to the vast universe of information and prepare urban communities for the future challenges of our world." Founded in 1910, the National Urban League is the premier social service and civil rights organization in America. The mission of the league is to help African Americans and other urban poor achieve social and economic parity. The League has affiliates in 114 cities, 34 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Westchester County. Nearly 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business The Joseph I. Lubin School of Business is the business school of Pace University. It was named after Joseph I. Lubin, an alumnus and benefactor of the school. The school was established in 1906 as the Pace School of Accountancy to prepare men and women for the CPA exam. , School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, School of Law and Lienhard School of Nursing. The Bell Atlantic Foundation administers all domestic and international philanthropic grants on behalf of Bell Atlantic. The Foundation's philanthropic emphasis is on providing safe havens Safe Havens is a comic strip drawn by cartoonist Bill Holbrook and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. Started in 1988, the strip is currently published in more than 50 newspapers. for youth and grants to technology and education, arts and human services. As a result of the recent merger of the two companies, the Bell Atlantic Foundation and the NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange Foundation have merged. All grant programs previously operated under the NYNEX banner are now part of the Bell Atlantic Foundation. For a complete list of grant recipients and additional information on the Bell Atlantic Foundation, visit www.bellatlanticfoundation.com on the Internet. CONTACT: National Urban League Denise Dennis, 212/558-5313 or Pace University Roger Kelleher, 212/346-1637 or Bell Atlantic Roy Cosme, 212/395-6569 |
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