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Published on: 10/16/2002
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"The unlimited access to information and technology available to students taking courses in the Converged Media Lab will enable them to realize their full potential when they enter the work force," said Tom Broadwater, general manager of the mid-Atlantic region at Microsoft."Microsoft is proud to join the NNPA and Howard in launching this high-tech learning center and in launching the careers of many future journalists."
Microsoft provided software and more than $70,000 in cash for hardware, technical assistance and furniture to support the Converged Media Lab.The multimedia facility, a refurbished classroom modeled after open newsrooms, contains broadcast monitors and 10 workstations with computers, printers, scanners and digital graphic design equipment.Microsoft worked closely with the NNPA and the Howard Department of Journalism to develop a lab conducive to learning and equipped with the necessary high-tech tools to teach the curriculum to the 367 currently enrolled journalism majors.
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The launch included a ribbon-cutting ceremony with remarks from Dean Dates; John "Jake" Oliver Jr., president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association; Broadwater; and Makebra Anderson, who is majoring in journalism at Howard and is executive editor of the student Web site BlackCollegeView.com.