REMINDER/It's Official: Cabrini College Hires Drexel University As Its Information...

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REMINDER... for Tuesday (April 3)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

What: Cabrini College President Antoinette Iadarola and Drexel

University President Constantine Papadakis will make official

an unprecedented partnership in Pennsylvania higher

when the two sign an agreement contracting Drexel to provide

Cabrini information technology-related services.

An electronic version of the agreement will be projected on a

smart board at a Cabrini language lab and signed by Iadarola

and Papadakis with light detector pens. Following the

e-signing, the presidents will hold a Q & A before exchanging

sweatshirts from their respective institutions.

The entire event will be Webcast live, accessible by logging

onto www.cabrini.edu or www.drexel.edu.

When: Tuesday, April 3, 2001, from 10 - 10:45 a.m.

Where: Room 370 Founder's Hall (Language Lab)

Cabrini College (610 King of Prussia Rd., Radnor)

Parking available in front of Founders Hall

Visuals: The larger than life electronic version of the agreement

being projected onto a smart board...The signing and

subsequent of applause...The question and answer period... The

presidents exchanging handshakes and sweatshirts...Reaction of

students, faculty and staff in attendance...Cabrini's

high-tech language lab.

Background: Beginning this spring, Drexel, which is renowned for

its integration of emerging technologies into higher

education, will assist in implementing a fully wireless

CyberCampus at Cabrini.

Additionally, Drexel will monitor and upgrade Cabrini's

current network and assist in making more online courses

available by instructing Cabrini professors on the development

of Web-based materials.