Union College Receives Grant from Brown Foundation

Union College received $280,000 from the James Graham Brown Foundation to help fund the Expanding Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning Initiative.

This initiative is a multi-year $2 million project that will support academic technology by expanding equipment in the classroom and upgrading telecommunications to eventually use Web-based technology across campus.

"This grant is only a portion of the money we expect to raise over the next several years. Currently we have several technology-savvy classrooms and computer labs, however, we want all our classrooms to be equipped with appropriate technology," according to Denise Wainscott, vice president for advancement. "With the James Graham Brown funding we will be able to equip 17 more classrooms with up-to-date technology. This increases the number of teaching spaces with technology to 53% of our classrooms," Wainscott added.

Since 1993, Union has worked to provide the technology infrastructure needed to support all aspects of the college. The James Graham Brown Foundation has been a big part of our success over the years, providing funding to assist in the automation of the library and development of telecommunications, the enhancement of the campus wide computer network and the early integration of technology into teaching and learning, and the completion of the Sharp Academic Center. With this new funding from the James Graham Brown Foundation, Union administrators are well underway to meeting their technology goals.

January 9, 2004

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