Lumen Learning Launches First of Its Kind Campus-Based User Testing Center at Rockland Community College
Funding Provided by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
DATE: Friday, January 14, 2022
TIME: 11:00 am – Noon
RSVP: Risa Hoag, GMG Public Relations, [email protected], 845-627-3000, Cell 914-643-7878
WHERE:
Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY
Technology Center in the Ellipse Room 8180
Zoom attendance is possible, please RSVP and request the log in information
PURPOSE:
To announce the launch of Lumen Learning’s first campus-based user testing center at Rockland Community College and explain the significance and impact of the program locally and nationally. The program is being funded through a generous grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Lumen Learning approached RCC because it has been identified as a minority serving institution. The goal of the program is to increase the effectiveness and cultural relevance of Lumen’s solutions for all students across the United States.
SPEAKERS:
- Kim Thanos, CEO & Co-Founder – Lumen Learning
- Josh Baron, Senior Program Officer, Digital Learning Infrastructure, Postsecondary Success – Gates Foundation
- Susan Deer, Provost and Executive VP – RCC
- Mark McBride, Sr. Librarian Strategist, SUNY
- Stephen Burke, Dean of Arts and Humanities – RCC
- Emily Gerace, Coordinator of the Lumen User Testing Center, RCC
- Three student interns involved in the program
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