Coppin State Receives $900K for Development of Family Computer Center
Families in the Coppin Heights area of Baltimore City will have a new resource for computer training, Internet literacy and information access as Coppin State University has received more than $900,000 to develop a campus-based Family Computer Center.
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today announced that Coppin State University will be home to the new Coppin Heights – Rosemont Family Computer Center, which will provide 60 new computer workstations as well as training and mentoring programs for the community. The new Family Computer Center is made possible by a $932,116 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
“The new Family Computer Center means new opportunities for success in the Coppin Heights – Rosemont community,” said Senator Mikulski, who chairs the appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Commerce. “It will be a gathering place for families to learn about new skills that will help them learn how to be a better student, how grow in their jobs in their jobs and how to find a job if they need one. And it will be a place community members and the teachers and students of Coppin State University can learn from each other.”
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