2008 MSU spearheads new high-tech learning center

Excerpt from an MSU News Bulletin article By Andy Henion:

Leaders from MSU, Lansing and the corporate world have announced a new high-tech learning center for youth -- a public-private partnership spearheaded by employees in MSU's Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

The Information Technology Empowerment Center, or ITEC, will open in summer 2008 and offer low-cost programs such as math, science, engineering and digital media. The nonprofit center, located in the former Holmes Street School on Lansing's east side, also will provide access to computers and high-speed Internet in a low-income area where many families do not own computers. [Full Story]

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