AT&T donates multimedia computer labs to 30 colleges

NEW YORK -- AT&T today announced that it will donate multimedia computer
laboratories valued at more than $3 million to 30 colleges and
universities throughout the United States.

The computer networks will be used to enrich learning experiences for
college students, faculty and others in surrounding communities. For
example, more than half the colleges and universities will use the
networks to link outlying areas to educational resources previously
limited to students or faculty on campus. Others will share newly
developed computer-based course materials with high schools to prepare
youngsters for technical undergraduate programs. Some colleges and
universities plan to use the networks for courses in health care, criminal
justice and environmental planning.

The awards are being made through the AT&T University Equipment Donation
Program, an invitational program that has contributed more than $295
million worth of computer equipment to colleges and universities since it
began in 1984. The computers are manufactured by AT&T Global Information
Solutions, AT&T's computer unit.

"AT&T is helping educators move from the chalkboard to multimedia," said
Joan Fenwick, director of the AT&T University Equipment Donation Program.
These computer donations couple distance learning applications with
community outreach efforts to extend instruction beyond the traditional
campus environment. "While we will maintain our tradition of supporting
math, science and engineering programs, AT&T's technologies can enable
lifelong learning and access to information -- anytime, anywhere."

AT&T's program is intended to benefit college and pre-college students and
teachers, as well as community residents and area professionals seeking to
develop new skills. In addition, several of the awards will assist
underserved women and minority populations and those with disabilities.

Each of AT&T's computer lab donations is valued at approximately $100,000
and will employ networked computing, which integrates computers,
applications software, communications and data networks to provide total
information management solutions. Each lab will include multimedia
workstations with high-capacity CD-ROM storage, a server (a host computer
that connects the workstations), a laser printer, networking hardware and
related software.

The multimedia workstations play music and other sounds, and display still
images and video. Many universities will connect the workstations to the
Internet. The AT&T equipment gifts will support research, curriculum
development and teaching in a wide range of disciplines, including
science, engineering, mathematics and computer science, law enforcement,
journalism, education, business, health care, environmental studies,
English, telecommunications, agriculture, marketing, music and human
resources.

The AT&T University Equipment Donation Program is one example of AT&T's
creative application of its technology to improve education at all
academic levels. Other channels of support include the AT&T Foundation and
the AT&T Teachers & Technology Institute.
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1995 AT&T UNIVERSITY EQUIPMENT DONATION PROGRAM RECIPIENTS

 Boise State University
 California State University
 Campbell University
 Clemson University
 Eastern Kentucky University
 Gallaudet University
 George Washington University
 Georgian Court College
 Guilford College
 Mississippi Valley State University
 New Mexico State University
 North Carolina A&T State University
 Northwestern University
 Ohio University
 Regis University
 Rutgers University
 Shorter College
 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
 State University of New York at Albany
 University of Akron
 University of California at Berkeley
 University of Colorado - Denver
 University of Dayton
 University of Maryland at College Park
 University of Michigan
 University of New Haven
 University of Scranton
 University of Texas - El Paso
 University of Wisconsin - Platteville
 Yale University
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1995 AT&T UNIVERSITY EQUIPMENT DONATION PROGRAM PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

Boise State University - College of Health Science, Boise, Idaho
    AT&T's computer donation will enable Boise State
    University to establish a comprehensive multimedia,
    computer-based instructional program for students on
    campus, as well as health-care professionals in rural
    communities in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Washington
    State.  New courses on the use of current multimedia
    applications in health care will be offered on campus
    and via distance learning.

California State University - College of Education, Long Beach, Calif.
    The California State University will use its AT&T lab
    to support teacher training and instructional
    technology programs in the College of Education and the
    local community.  Year-round undergraduate and graduate
    courses will instruct the next generation of teachers
    in ways to work with students in a high-tech
    environment.

Campbell University - School of Education, Buies Creek, N.C.
    Campbell University will use its donated equipment to
    prepare prospective teachers to help their students
    become effective learners and skilled users of
    technology.  The majority of students who will benefit
    are women, minorities and international students.  This
    project will assist the university in implementing
    statewide guidelines outlined in the North Carolina
    Instructional Technology Plan, issued in February 1995.

Clemson University - College of Engineering, Clemson, S.C.
    Clemson University will use its lab to complete the new
    Undergraduate Integrated Systems Laboratory.  The lab
    will give seniors an opportunity to perform a sequence
    of high-tech laboratory experiments involving
    mechanical design, power electronics, control system
    design and robotics.

Eastern Kentucky University -
College of Law Enforcement, Richmond, Ky.
    The university's College of Law Enforcement will use
    its lab to create a Center for Criminal Justice
    Education and Research.  The computer lab will serve
    all students and faculty with a special emphasis on
    those in the Department of Correctional Services.
    Students will perform computer-assisted exercises and
    research to enrich their understanding of theoretical
    principles and applied issues of law enforcement.

Gallaudet University - School of Management/Computer Information
Systems Department, Washington, D.C.
    Gallaudet will establish a new AT&T computer laboratory
    for its School of Management.  Because Gallaudet is the
    world's only accredited four-year liberal arts
    university at which all programs and services are
    designed to eliminate communication barriers for deaf
    and hearing-impaired people, visual education --
    facilitated by computers and multimedia technology --
    is an essential educational tool.  The new lab will
    help Gallaudet faculty members develop multimedia
    instructional materials to enhance visual learning for
    the university's students and for hearing-impaired
    students throughout the United States.

George Washington University -
National Center for Communication Studies, Washington, D.C.
    George Washington University will establish a computer
    lab that will give journalism students hands-on
    experience in news-gathering, writing, editing and
    graphic design.  In addition, the lab will be a center
    for survey research to evaluate globally applied
    communications technology in the context of the
    nation's capital, the hub of  communications
    policy-making.

Georgian Court College -
Department of Academic Affairs, Lakewood, N.J.
    Georgian Court College is participating in the
    development of the New Jersey Intercampus Network,
    which will link 39 colleges to the information
    superhighway in order to promote collaboration between
    these colleges and provide access to new information
    technologies.  The AT&T donation will help the college
    establish its network site and create a multimedia
    learning environment for college faculty and students,
    as well as teachers at nearly elementary and secondary
    schools.

Guilford College - Department of Foreign Languages, Greensboro, N.C.
    Guilford College will use its donated equipment to
    establish a new Multimedia Learning Center.  The center
    will enable several college departments to incorporate
    the latest advances in interactive computer technology
    into their courses.  Another benefit will be the
    integration of language and cultural learning with
    multimedia and interactive programs.  Besides serving
    the college campus, the lab will be available for
    technology seminars for local middle school and high
    school teachers.

Mississippi Valley State University -
Office of Academic Affairs (CCS), Itta Bena, Miss.
    Mississippi Valley State University, a historically
    black college, will establish a Networked
    Multimedia-Ready Computer Laboratory in the James
    Herbert White Library.  The lab will enhance
    instruction while linking students with resources in
    the library and on the Internet.

New Mexico State University - College of Engineering, Las Cruces, N.M.
    The new equipment will be used to upgrade New Mexico
    State University's existing AT&T Computer Classroom in
    the College of Engineering in order to advance research
    and teaching and promote excellence and innovation.  A
    key objective is to improve  educational opportunities
    for women and minorities who study engineering.

North Carolina A&T State University -
College of Engineering and School of Education, Greensboro, N.C.
    North Carolina A&T State University will create a
    general computer lab that allows for on-line,
    interactive teaching and learning and access to the
    Internet.  This lab will serve as a facility for
    undergraduate and graduate computer-aided instruction.
    Additionally, the College of Engineering and School of
    Education will collaborate to develop projects to train
    K-12 teachers to be technologically proficient and meet
    new statewide technology requirements for students and
    teachers.

Northwestern University -
J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Ill.
    Northwestern University will establish an AT&T Decision
    Making/Information Processing Laboratory, a
    multi-purpose, multi-user facility to support research
    by faculty and Ph.D. students in the Departments of
    Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Finance,
    Mathematical Economics and Decision Sciences.  The lab
    will enhance research into  individual and group
    decision-making, as well as negotiation, bargaining and
    financial management.

Ohio University -
J. Warren McClure School of Communication Systems, Athens, Ohio
    Students and faculty at the McClure School of
    Communication Systems Management will use their new lab
    as a testing and demonstration facility to examine and
    evaluate business multimedia applications.  The lab
    will give students the tools to explore technical and
    strategic factors that telecommunications professionals
    consider in assessing the introduction of new
    technologies and services in the workplace.

Regis University - School for Professional Studies, Denver, Colo.
    The computer lab will enable Regis University to
    partner with local corporations to revise and update
    adult education courses in its School for Professional
    Studies, with an eye toward current trends in graphical
    user interfaces, communications and other innovative
    technologies.  The equipment will give students direct
    access to more diverse resources, such as those of the
    Internet, plus hands-on experience with systems and
    applications.

Rutgers University -
School of Management and Labor Relations, New Brunswick, N.J.
    The AT&T donation will be used to equip a computer lab
    in the Labor Education Center on the Cook Campus.  The
    new lab will support undergraduate, graduate and
    continuing professional education programs.  Students
    will employ multimedia capabilities to take part in
    interactive bargaining simulations and to access
    databases and library resources.

Shorter College - School of Professional Programs, Atlanta, Ga.
    Shorter College's School of  Professional Programs,
    which offers degrees to working adults in Atlanta and
    surrounding communities, will establish a Multi-media
    Computer Network. The computer lab will be used for
    classroom instruction and to create an electronic
    bulletin board for use by students and administrators.
    Distance-learning opportunities also will be explored.

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale -
School of Journalism, Carbondale, Ill.
    The university will establish an AT&T Media Writing and
    Development Lab, which will help journalism students
    develop the skills necessary for success in a
    competitive information-based society and provide the
    foundation for a new masters program in interactive
    multimedia.  Linked to the resources of the information
    superhighway, along with CD-ROM capabilities and
    traditional information sources, the students will
    learn to use new technologies for working with text,
    graphics, photographs and full-motion video.

State University of New York at Albany -
Center for Technology in Government, Albany, N.Y.
    The AT&T donation will significantly expand the
    capacity of the university's Center for Technology in
    Government to support innovative research into
    information management and service delivery in the
    public sector.  The center's multimedia research
    facility offers government agencies and nonprofit
    organizations opportunities to test ways to meet such
    critical needs as increasing productivity, reducing
    costs, increasing interdepartmental coordination of
    services, and improving the quality of government
    operations.

University of Akron - Division of Information Services, Akron, Ohio
    The University of Akron will create a Multimedia
    Training Facility to enable its faculty to improve
    curriculum materials and to provide an interactive
    learning environment across such areas of study as
    nursing, education, history and economics.  Students
    will use the multimedia equipment to view
    electronically stored faculty lectures and complete
    class assignments.

University of California at Berkeley -
Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, Calif.
    AT&T's donation will help create the Interactive
    Multimedia Training Lab in the new Haas School of
    Business building complex.  This active teaching
    classroom and laboratory will help train undergraduate
    and graduate students, executives participating in
    development programs, and minority entrepreneurs
    involved in East Bay Outreach Program.  The lab will
    introduce students to new technologies, including
    multimedia, digital video and personal
    videoconferencing.

University of Colorado - Denver -
College of Engineering, Denver, Colo.
    The TeleMedia Center at the University of Colorado will
    use the donated equipment to promote innovative uses of
    information technology by demonstrating technical
    capabilities, providing degree and certificate
    programs, developing collaborative partnerships with
    the community, and training faculty to develop more
    effective resource material.  Individuals of all ages
    throughout rural Colorado will be able to earn advanced
    degrees via distance learning. For example, employees
    will telecommute via computer, residents will gain
    one-stop access to government services, and doctors in
    remote areas will confer with specialists via
    satellite.

University of Dayton - Department of Computer Science, Dayton, Ohio
    This donation will support the creation of a
    world-class Software Engineering Laboratory, which will
    strengthen curriculum and research opportunities in
    computer-related disciplines.  The lab also will serve
    as a resource to Dayton's software-industry community,
    which includes AT&T Global Information Solutions and
    the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.  The lab will
    provide an important center for collaboration between
    local professionals and the university's engineering,
    computer science and information management
    researchers.

University of Maryland at College Park -
Computer Science Center, College Park, Md.
    The university will upgrade The AT&T Teaching Theater,
    a classroom in which computers are used to support
    interactive learning in all disciplines and for
    training K-12 teachers. The new donation will build on
    the success of the initial project by allowing further
    development of network-based software tools called
    "learningware," which encourage innovative methods of
    teaching, learning and interacting.

University of Michigan - Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, Mich.
    This donation will create a Psychological Sciences
    Computing Laboratory, which will support instruction
    and research by students and faculty.  The lab will
    foster students' use of technology in the study of
    methods of psychological assessment and encourage
    faculty to develop novel uses of computers in
    psychology courses .

University of New Haven -
Department of Computer Science, New Haven, Conn.
    The AT&T computer lab will be used to implement a
    multimedia science and engineering curriculum in the
    School of Engineering.  In addition, the multimedia
    "Introduction to Engineering" course will be integrated
    into science programs of at least 10 high schools.
    Serving resource people and discussion leaders,
    teachers will have more time to address students'
    individual needs.  Objectives include increased
    retention rates in the undergraduate engineering
    program and heightened confidence for high school
    students.  The lab will be connected to the campus
    network for faculty/student communication around the
    globe via the Internet.

University of Scranton -
Dept. of Health Administration and Human Resources, Scranton, Pa.
    The donated equipment will be used to instruct graduate
    and undergraduate students in personal-computer and
    selected software applications.  It will enable faculty
    members to incorporate materials available only through
    computers into courses in such subjects as finance,
    statistics, research methods, and management and human
    resources information systems.  In addition, the lab
    will serve as a bridge to the community by offering
    study sessions for the Professional in Human Resources
    certificate examination.

University of Texas - El Paso -
Department of Communication/College of Liberal Arts, El Paso, Texas
    The University of Texas at El Paso will integrate
    computer-based multimedia production technologies and
    multicultural, multilingual programming capacity into
    the university's undergraduate courses in electronic
    and print media communications.  The new equipment also
    will support development of a new master's degree
    program in trans-border communications.  In its revised
    communications curriculum, the university will be able
    to provide its predominantly Hispanic student body with
    state-of-the-art multimedia tools involving electronic
    and desktop-printing formats and incorporating English
    and Spanish.

University of Wisconsin - Platteville -
Office of Information Technology, Platteville, Wis.
    The University of Wisconsin will create a comprehensive
    student computing laboratory  known as the MICC
    (Multimedia in Communications and Computing) Lab.  The
    lab will provide students with classroom instruction
    and hands-on experience in developing their own
    multimedia applications.  It will be available for full
    classes and for open lab time, allowing students to
    complete projects assigned by faculty and to explore on
    their own.

Yale University -
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Conn.
    The AT&T donation will be instrumental in developing
    two graduate courses offered by the Yale School of
    Forestry and Environmental Studies.  Both courses will
    focus on creating computer tools to collect and analyze
    data for the planning of environmentally safe and
    viable communities.  The new computer facility will be
    used for classroom teaching, team projects and local
    community outreach efforts.

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