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WSU Foundation Board of TrusteesOctober 3, 2003

WashingtonState University

WashingtonState University

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CBDD OverviewCBDD Overview

•Established July 2001 as financially self-sustaining unit under WSU Extension

•12 Employees

•Support of 19 faculty from 5 WSU Colleges

•Scope includes local, national and international projects

•Attracted $8.0 million outside funding in first three years

CBDD Focus on IT ApplicationsCBDD Focus on IT Applications

IT has potential to bridge multiple divides:

•social

•economic

•political inclusion

•culturalBroad-based deployment of IT by itself is not adequate to bridge these divides

Program AreasProgram Areas

•Best Practices in Teaching and Learning

•Community and International Development

•Youth Leadership in IT

•Expansion of Jobs and Business Opportunities

•Enhancing Public Safety and Security

Best Practices in Teaching and LearningBest Practices in Teaching and Learning

CBDD facilitating start-up of six new Washington State High Tech High

Schools

•$2.3 million Gates grant

•Extension partnership with WSU College of Education

•Innovative school community collaboration in effective teaching and learning

Community &International DevelopmentCommunity &International Development

University partnerships throughout Africa with new degree programs in IT regulation and policy

•$3.5 million USAID-Leland Initiative grant

•17 nations represented in Gaborone, Botswana curriculum launch

•Building international network of regulators and academics

Youth Leadership in ITYouth Leadership in IT

WSU 4-H youth leading technology development within their communities

•11 new public-use computer labs managed by 4-H youth

•Innovative technology projects in robotics, computerized textiles and multi-media

•Deployment of cutting edge mobile youth technology lab (one of two in the nation)

Expansion of Jobs and Business OpportunitiesExpansion of Jobs and Business Opportunities

•Created 49 new telework jobs in Colville, Washington

•Developed on-line training curriculum for teleworkers

•Developed rural community resource kit

•Governor’s Award for Best Practices in Workforce Development, 2002

Enhancing Public Safety and SecurityEnhancing Public Safety and Security

•Partnership with the ComCARE Alliance

•Facilitating systems for shared real-time emergency data crossing jurisdictional silos

The Future of WSU CBDDThe Future of WSU CBDD

•Financially self-sustainable IT application outreach initiatives

•Funding for major expansion of supporting research projects by July 2004

•By 2007, fully integrated outreach research and teaching program

Featured Program 4-H T4Featured Program 4-H T4

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Dr. William R. Gillis, Director223 Hulbert HallPO Box 646229Pullman WA [email protected]://cbdd.Wsu.Edu/