FSS Newsletter :: March 2003

Free Computer Center Opens

As personal computers and computer technology are becoming increasingly important in our everyday lives, Kent State Tuscarawas is providing a new community service to make computer access and related technologies available to people who otherwise may not have the opportunity to use or learn them.

Participants do not have to be Kent students to use this facility. Beginning March 3, 2003, the Community Training Center (CTC) located in the brand new Science and Advanced Technology Center will open to the general public. The hours of operation will be Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-8 p.m. Participants will have twenty state-of-the-art computer stations available for learning computer technologies and skills at their own pace and in the same way those who have computers in their homes do.

The ability to explore the Internet, e-mail friends or relatives, travel the world of tutorials, learn word processing and become comfortable around the newest technologies will be available. Participants will improve education levels and gain job related skills while developing the discovery mentality needed to navigate the world of computers.

Volunteer assistants will be on hand to aid in getting started and answer questions. A projected series of workshops will begin with “Computers Without Fear”, six weeks of two-hour sessions beginning Monday March 10th from 7-9 p.m. Experienced volunteer instructor Ed Rowlance will help those enrolled acquire basic skills and gain self-confidence.

The opening of the Center is coming at a time when universities nationwide are becoming more engaged in economic development in communities surrounding their campuses. The Community Training Center at Kent State Tuscarawas is working to afford everyone in the community the opportunity to gain access to computer technology for life-long learning and personal and community empowerment.