Clarendon College will be better prepared to serve future students thanks to a $50,000 grant awarded by the Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation last week.
The funds will be used to for technology purposes in the new CC Library & Learning Resource Center, which is now under construction. CC President Myles Shelton said the grant is a great gift for Clarendon’s students.
“Technology is one of the critical components of the new library,” Shelton said. “We are going to have an open computer lab with 45 computers, which will be tied into a wireless network. Students and faculty with their own laptop computers will be able to bring them in and access the network. This grant allows us to make that a reality.”
Shelton said the college is still waiting for the final paperwork on the grant but confirmed that there are no matching funds required. The grant money will go directly to the purchasing of computers.
“The ability to use printed and online resources is the future,” he said. “This makes the technology we’ve dreamed about come true.”
The Harrington Foundation and the Amarillo Area Foundation awarded a total of $506,979 in thirteen grants around the Panhandle in recent days, including a $43,679 grant to the Donley County Hospital District for a new ambulance. Foundation CEO Jim Allison said the grant awards are about more than money.
“The foundations are pleased to announce these recent grantmaking decisions, representing an investment in people, property, and ideas, which in turn will help our region flourish, not only in economic and monetary matters, but in matters concerning spirit and hope,” Allison said.
Shelton credited CC employees Will Thompson and Greg Henry for their work on the grant application.
Construction on the new library is reported to be about two weeks ahead of schedule. The $1.3 million facility is being funded by gifts to the college and the CC Foundation.
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