April 2, 2001

NC State Engineering Students Assist Waynesville Middle School with Computer Donations

Students in small towns frequently deal with the frustration of inadequate access to contemporary computer technology. Now, thanks to a group of computer science students from North Carolina State University, one middle school in western North Carolina will be able to update their computer capability.

The Association of Computing Machinery and the Association of Information Technology Professionals (ACM/AITP) are two service organizations that act as one and represent computer science students at NC State. ACM/AITP found out about the computer needs of Waynesville Middle School in Waynesville, in western North Carolina, through NC State computer science graduate Troy Tolle (BS ’98; MS ’00), who attended school in Waynesville. The NC State students were anxious to help so three years ago they arranged for networking cable to be installed in the eighth grade classrooms, using donations from several companies, to help the school improve their technology.

On March 31, 2001, ACM/AITP implemented the second phase of the project, which involves installing 30 newly donated computers in the classrooms. The Goodwill Community Foundation of Goodwill Industries International Inc. donated the computers, including monitors and keyboards, for the project. Microsoft Corporation donated the software programs Microsoft Office 2000 and Windows 98.

Information about the school may be found at www.haywood.k12.nc.us/public/wms/index.shtml or by calling (828) 456-2403.

-- rudd --

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