MCI COMPLETES $185,000 GRANT FOR INNOVATIVE SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER.RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 1996--The MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the MCI Small Business Resource Center -- a partnership involving The Greater Raleigh Chamber Of Commerce, the University of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. System and MCI -- completing MCI's $185,000 commitment as the center's primary corporate sponsor. In a check presentation ceremony today at The Greater Raleigh Chamber's Small Business Expo '96, MCI Raleigh Branch Director George Butch Aggen presented the grant award to North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt For other persons named James Hunt see James Hunt (disambiguation). James Bennett Hunt (August 13, 1799 - August 15, 1857) was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. Hunt was born in Demerara, British Guiana (now Guyana). . "Small business is the engine that drives the Research Triangle's economic growth," said North Carolina Gov. James B. Hunt. "The MCI Small Business Resource Center has already proven to be a significant catalyst for business growth and will continue to create new jobs for the Triangle and North Carolina." Housed in 4,500 square feet of office space in the lower level of the Greater Raleigh Chamber Headquarters, the MCI Small Business Resource Center offers an array of services to entrepreneurs including professional consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" , continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). for business professionals, access to trade and information data bases and financial business analysis software to business entrepreneurs. The resource center recently launched a "Buy Local" on-line services program that enables area entrepreneurs to use emerging on-line technologies to grow their markets. "Buy Local exemplifies how the MCI Small Business Resource Center can use emerging technologies to stimulate business growth in the Triangle," said George Butch Aggen, MCI Raleigh Branch Director for Sales and Service. "MCI's growing presence in the Triangle area and our legacy as an entrepreneurial enterprise, make the MCI Small Business Resource Center an ideal community commitment for MCI." Through its network management center and business sales and service operations, MCI today employs more than 850 in the Triangle. Founded in 1986, the MCI Foundation provides grants to non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. within a defined spectrum, with the primary objective to make access to the information superhighway a reality for all segments of society. MCI, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's largest and fastest growing diversified communications companies. With annual revenue of more than $15 billion, MCI offers consumers and businesses a broad portfolio of services including long distance, wireless, local access, paging, Internet software and access, information services See Information Systems. , outsourcing, business software, advanced global telecommunications services, and music distribution and merchandising. CONTACT: MCI Telecommunications Steve Fox Steve Fox may refer to:
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