5/18/99
News directors, editors: A satellite feed of the 12:30 p.m. news conference will be available at KU Band, Telstar 5k-03 lower, downlink 11778 MHZ (v). The feed will be broadcast from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Anyone experiencing trouble downloading the feed can call (740) 593-4989. Ohio University President Robert Glidden will also be available to speak with media representatives via a telephone conference call following the news conference from 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. To participate in the conference call, dial (913) 981-5520.
ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio University President Robert Glidden will announce an innovative approach to providing students with the technology resources they will need to learn and compete in the 21st century at a news conference scheduled for 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 18 on the steps of Cutler Hall. (In the event of rain, the news conference will be in the conference room on the first floor of Cutler Hall.)
Glidden will outline a comprehensive approach that will place computers in residence halls occupied by first-year students. Following his announcement, Glidden will be available for questions from the media.