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Contact: David West
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
5/19/98
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATCHITOCHES - The Information Technology Advisory Council at Northwestern State University has awarded $176,662 in internal grants to NSU faculty and staff. The grants were allocated from student technology fees assessed each semester. Funding was provided to projects that were determined to advance the teaching/learning process within the mission of the University.
"Each of the proposals are designed to enable or enhance the ability of Northwestern students to access or assimilate large amounts of information, further enhance their professional competence, and provide state of the art technologies in their field," said NSU Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Dr. Anthony Scheffler, who chairs the Information Technology Advisory Council. "This program is part of the technology plan developed in cooperation with our students, and will enable us to target areas where technology can have a positive impact on learning."
Grants awarded by ITAC along with authors of the proposal include:
$41,200, College of Science and Technology, Patricia Pierson, Connie Jones, Bette Howell-Maroney, Dr. Leeann Sticker; "Updating Computer Labs in the Family and Consumer Sciences Building;"
$3,501.20, College of Science and Technology, Karrie Lovins, Sarah Goretski and Sticker, "Purchase of Interactive Software for Lecture and Lab Courses;"
$36,000, College of Science and Technology, Jim Losness and Larry Varnado, "Purchase of Global Position System Navigation Units;"
$41,200, NSU Leesville-Fort Polk campus, Creighton Owen, Juanita Darby, Sticker, Dr. Paralee Norman, Brenda Foote, Dr. Kathleen Smith, Joyce Barnes, "Updating Computer Labs on the Leesville-Fort Polk campus."
$5,806, College of Liberal Arts, Michael Yankowski and Clyde Downs, "Updating Graphic Arts Computer Lab."
$48,955, Colleges of Science and Technology and Liberal Arts, Dr. Michael Land, Dr. Dick Stalling, Dr. Linda Roach, Dr. Martin Rudd and Dr. Patrice Moulton, "Providing Multimedia Capability for three Computer Labs."
Additional projects will receive funding as money becomes available, Scheffler said. A list of eight projects have been approved for secondary funding.