August 9, 2004
Contact:
Gariot P. Louima
Editor, Office of Public Affairs
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FORT LAUDERDALE , FL – BellSouth Foundation has announced plans to award a $45,000 grant to Nova Southeastern University (NSU) to support a series of free workshops for teachers offered through Teacher Universe TM (TU) at the Fischler School of Education and Human Services.
The workshops will be customized to fit the individual needs of schools and school districts. The result is students who are more engaged in their own learning and using technology as a way to enhance their daily educational experiences.
BellSouth Foundation will present the grant at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15 in the Teacher Store at the Fischler School of Education and Human Services in North Miami Beach.
Teacher Universe is an international clearinghouse of educational resources that provides comprehensive professional development opportunities to improve teacher education and student achievement. The BellSouth grant money will be used to train teachers in the use of state-of-the-art technology that is seamlessly integrated into the K-12 curriculum. Collaboration among teachers and students is also a part of the program as students give input on how technology can better be used to facilitate their learning experiences.
“BellSouth's continued support of education in Florida is a terrific match for the Fischler School's dedication to improving the ability of teachers to provide the best possible for children,” said Nova Southeastern University Education Provost and Dean H. Wells Singleton, Ph.D. “The results of this grant will better prepare professionals to develop strategies for integrating technology into classroom instruction.”
“The BellSouth Foundation continues to seek grant making that promotes excellence,” said Joseph P. Lacher, president of BellSouth/Florida. “This initiative strengthens teaching quality and brings innovative learning opportunities to the students across our state.”
Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded 29 Opportunity Grants totaling $1.6 million dollars. This year, the Foundation will award $496,000 in opportunity grants throughout the southeastern United States . Opportunity Grants are made annually to organizations or programs whose work complements the BellSouth Foundation's initiatives.
The BellSouth Foundation is an endowed trust of BellSouth Corporation that is devoted to education in the communities we serve. Since its creation in 1986, the Foundation has funded over 595 grants and operated numerous special initiatives, with a total investment of more than $56 million. For more information about the BellSouth Foundation, please visit www.bellsouth.com/foundation.
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second largest wireless voice and data provider.
Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers SM , residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial up and high speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular® Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth® RealPages.com sm and The Real Yellow Pages®.
Nova Southeastern University, with its main campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and student educational centers in Tampa, Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Jacksonville, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest independent not-for-profit institution of higher education in the southeast, and the 10 th largest nationally. It awards associate's, bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, psychology, and other social sciences.
The university also offers 16 undergraduate majors through the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. The Fischler School of Education and Human Services, based at NSU's North Miami Beach campus, is one of the largest accredited schools of education in the United States serving more than 14,000 students annually in more than 50 sites in the U.S. and abroad, and via a variety of distance education technologies. FSEHS, a leader in distance education for educators, organizational leaders, and trainers throughout the world, has more than 7,000 students in graduate education programs in Florida alone, including both online programs and live classes at NSU locations statewide.
More information about BellSouth can be found at www.bellsouth.com or by calling Marta Casas-Celaya at 305-347-5659.
