AT&T DONATES MONEY TO MURRAY STATE CYBERCAVE
AT&T-Kentucky donated $2,000 to Murray State’s CyberCave Academy Program at the beginning of the summer to provide scholarships for students who were unable to afford the newly implemented camp fee. The AT&T scholarship money was awarded exclusively to students from Kentucky based on a variety of criteria. Twenty-six students selected were awarded scholarships, fourteen of which received money compliments of AT&T-Kentucky. Students were selected from a variety of cities in Kentucky including: Lexington, Crestwood, Louisville, Wingo, Hickory, Owensboro and Paducah. The Center for Telecommunications Systems Management (CTSM) provided funds for students to receive scholarships who lived outside Kentucky. Last year applications from 13 states were sent in to attend CyberCave Academy, this year applications from 11 states were received, including a student from Aman, Jordan.
The CyberCave Program, now in its 6th year, continues to bring in over 300 students during the fall and spring semesters and 80 students in the summer. The students are exposed to telecommunications technologies that are taught in the TSM program. CyberCave Academies begin in June and go through the summer. Academies are week- long camps that give high school students an opportunity to learn about the telecommunications field and Murray State’s Program of Distinction in TSM. During the camp, the students work in teams to build real-life data and voice networks in the labs. Applications for Academies next summer open February 1, 2011 and continue until May 1, 2011. All camp information and applications can be found online at www.murraystate.edu/tsm/cybercave.
AT&T’s contribution to the CyberCave Academy demonstrates the continued support the company offers for the TSM program at MSU. Along with the $2,000 donation for CyberCave Academy, AT&T also donates $3,000 each year for the AT&T Women in Telecom Golf Day to raise money for the scholarship fund created for females entering the TSM program. Visit www.murraystate.edu/tsm/ctsm to learn more about the AT&T Women in Telecom Golf Day and other TSM events.
