EWC-Blacksonville Broadband Update

03/2010

I had the pleasure of speaking with the Dr. James McLean, VP of Special Projects at Edward Waters College on Friday of last week and here is the update on the Broadband grant that is still pending review from last fall…

EWC slated to partner with HBCUs throughout Florida and Georgia to develop a multi-faceted network infrastructure in partnership with Joytel and Suntel. The network will be shared at the local level to power each college with broadband capacity that meets the e-learning needs of on-campus students and local residents of New Town Success Zone.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield is committed to offer a 20% match on funding to expand the infrastructure from Jacksonville to Atlanta. EWC will increase the expansion of the Schell Sweet Center as a Public Computer Center for youth and seniors to use video conferencing and benefit from broadband education and digital literacy. A strong health component also shapes the curriculum to provide the local community with e-health-related services.

More details to follow!

http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=e4dff96a-41dd-4e65-8dde-968bc7902e52&ContentType_id=77eb43da-aa94-497d-a73f-5c951ff72372&Group_id=59da2fee-2988-4fe9-b1dd-ee3219b6f868