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President
Clinton to Meet With MATC Students, Staff in Ireland and
Attend MATC and Fermanagh "Sister Collge" Videoconference
| WHO: |
Former
U.S. President Bill Clinton, Madison Area Technical College
and Fermanagh College (Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern
Ireland) students and staff.
Individuals from MATC
in Ireland include: 20 tourism students accompanied by two instructors
and MATC President Dr. Beverly Simone. MATC staff at Truax
will include teachers who have participated in learning programs
with Fermanagh, as well as administrators involved in the partnership.
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| WHAT: |
Videoconference
between Fermanagh/MATC staff in Ireland and MATC staff in Madison
to review the outcomes of "sister college" initiatives, such as:
Student and staff exchanges,
including online "team teaching" between the colleges;
International Online
Word "train the trainer"; and student courses with participants
in Wisconsin, Ireland and South Africa;
Fermanagh College teacher
training in classroom technology using Blackboard, MATC's online
course management system;
Curriculum sharing in
nursing, child care and occupational therapy;
Future plans for shared
culinary courses
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President
Clinton asked to attend this event. Reporters can view the videoconference
from Madison; interviews can be held with Truax staff following the
conference with potential phone interviews from Ireland. |
| WHEN
& WHERE: |
8:30 – 8:45 am,
Wednesday, June 5
Room 336, MATC
Truax, 3550 Anderson Street, Madison, WI
In Ireland, the videoconference
will be broadcast from the Higher Bridges Building, located near
and used by Fermanagh College for online learning.
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| WHY: |
MATC
students and staff are visiting Fermanagh College as part of our “sister
college” partnership established in 1999. The students and instructors
are participating in two credit courses in tourism at Fermanagh College.
President Bill Clinton is in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to
help dedicate the Higher Bridges Building, which houses the Clinton
International Peace Centre, and is one of five open online learning
sites in Northern Ireland. Clinton traces his family roots to County
Fermanagh and contributed to the building of Higher Bridges, constructed
on the site of a former reading room tragically bombed in 1987 by
the IRA.
President Clinton is keenly interested in technical education and
promoting online learning worldwide. Upon learning of MATC's partnership
and visit with Fermanagh College, he asked to attend the videoconference
to discuss and acknowledge our sister college partnership and online
learning efforts.
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June 4, 2002
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