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    Computer science department receives gift from Caterpillar Foundation

    The Department of Computer Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has received a donation from the Caterpillar Foundation as part of a larger gift to the Iowa State University Foundation.

    The gift to the Department of Computer Science includes funding for the computer science learning community, for the virtual computing environment in the department and five scholarships.

    Details of the individual projects include:

    Learning community     - The computer science learning community will promote increased student engagement and learning through facilitating acclimation to computer science, promote social and academic interaction between students and faculty, and create an environment in which students feel a part of the academic community as students make the transition from high school to university life.

    Scholarships - An undergraduate scholarship fund for five undergraduate students will be established with three of the scholarships designated for minority students. Each of the scholarships will be awarded on high academic performance and contributions to the University community.

    Virtual Computing Environment - The combination of Desktop Terminal Server from Microsoft Windows, video classroom technology, and recorded lectures will allow the Department of Computer Science to teach computer science classes to majors both locally and remotely.

    "With the Caterpillar funding, we will be able to give much-needed funding to our computer science learning community and five scholarships to our undergraduate students," said Carl Chang, professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science. "The scholarship program established by Caterpillar will result in a stronger pool of information technology graduates entering the workforce in the information and knowledge-based economy in the nation through research, technology transfer and education."

    As part of the gift, Caterpillar Foundation also donated funds to the College of Engineering and the College of Business at Iowa State.

     

Computer Science faculty, staff and students with Caterpillar representative Ken Gihring (middle)

Michael Whiteford, LAS Dean; Dan Saftig, ISU Foundation; Ken Gihring, Caterpillar; Labh Hirh, College of Business Dean; and Mark Kushner, College of Engineering Dean

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