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Projects
Current Projects    
ERC Broadband   National Weather Service
ERC Broadband
The ERC has created a high-speed, fiber optic infrastructure that is now providing unparalleled Broadband Internet connectivity to the region. This high-capacity, fiber-optic network is operational and puts Western North Carolina on the map as a Tier 2 Internet access point, offering services previously available only in larger metropolitan areas like Raleigh and Charlotte.

NEXRAD Level II Radar Data
The Education and Research Consortium (ERC) has partnered with the National Weather Service and the National Climatic Data Center to distribute and archive NOAA's WSR-88D Level II radar data.

Pisgah Forest Institute   KCeeI
Pisgah Forest Institute
PFI provides environmental instruction for educators. PFI is a cooperative effort between Brevard College, the USDA Forest Service, and the Cradle of Forestry in America Interpretive Association (CFAIA). PFI operates under the administration of the Appalachian Center for Environmental Solutions (ACES) at Brevard College.

 

KCeeI
KCeeI is an environmental education Institute at Keystone College in LaPlume, PA. The program is modeled after the successful Pisgah Forest Institute at Brevard College. KCeeI is committed to enhancing the teaching experience by providing hands-on, inquiry based science and environmental education to educators using nature as a laboratory.

Pacific Forest Institute

   
Pacific Forest Institute
Located in Rocklin, CA, William Jessup University's Pacific Forest Institute is dedicated to providing hands-on, inquiry based science and environmental education to educators, who in turn pass on this vital information to their students.
   
Completed Projects    
AAM Program   Mayland Community College
The Adventure of the American Mind (AAM)
From 1999-2008, the AAM Program trained in-service and pre-service classroom teachers and college faculty to access, use, and produce curriculum with digitized primary source materials from the Library of Congress. More than 15,000 educators completed AAM training. The Final Project Report (April 2009) may be viewed here (PDF file, 6.7MB)
  Mayland Community College
This program began in the Fall of 2002 with the primary objective of retraining displaced workers for today's technology-driven job market. The program is administered through Blue Ridge Community College's Flat Rock campus and is funded through the Department of Labor. The lab is equipped with ten PCs for student use, an instructor's work station, an LCD projector, printers, a scanner and digital camera.
WNC Health Network  

HRSA
A tele-health grant through HRSA funded an initiative to electronically link area health care providers. This project was led by 14 area hospitals and resulted in a system to provide cost-effective, integrated technology services.

 

The Digital Media Institute
DMI began in the Fall of 2002 with the primary objective of retraining displaced workers for today's technology-driven job market. The program was administered through Blue Ridge Community College's Flat Rock campus and was funded through the Department of Labor.

   
   
 
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