School of Education Partners with Ellicott-Masten Family YMCA
The School of Education and the Ellicott-Masten Family YMCA have partnered to provide YMCA members with technology training and education.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new technology center will be held Thursday, June 3, at 10 a.m. at the Ellicott-Masten Family YMCA, 585 William Street.
YMCA senior and youth members will learn how to use computer hardware and software, printers, scanners, and digital cameras in the technology center, which will be maintained by Buffalo State’s Computing and Technology Services and YMCA Buffalo Niagara’s information systems department. Buffalo State student, faculty, and staff volunteers will serve as the instructors.
The collaboration was made possible through the efforts of Ronald Rochon, dean of the School of Education and associate vice president for teacher education, Tamara Horstman-Riphahn, executive assistant to the dean, Matt Hilton, former Ellicott-Masten executive director, and Irma Cole, Ellicott-Masten business manager.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new technology center will be held Thursday, June 3, at 10 a.m. at the Ellicott-Masten Family YMCA, 585 William Street.
YMCA senior and youth members will learn how to use computer hardware and software, printers, scanners, and digital cameras in the technology center, which will be maintained by Buffalo State’s Computing and Technology Services and YMCA Buffalo Niagara’s information systems department. Buffalo State student, faculty, and staff volunteers will serve as the instructors.
The collaboration was made possible through the efforts of Ronald Rochon, dean of the School of Education and associate vice president for teacher education, Tamara Horstman-Riphahn, executive assistant to the dean, Matt Hilton, former Ellicott-Masten executive director, and Irma Cole, Ellicott-Masten business manager.
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