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Noland Fellow Opens Doors with Recycled Computers
Woodberry’s 2014 Noland Fellow, Ross Winston ’15, traveled to Africa in July to set up a computer lab at Church of Christ School in Winneba, Ghana.
Ross took twenty-three laptop computers, donated by Woodberry Forest School, along with other equipment and tools, to Ghana. There he transformed an empty room without windows, doors, or power into a functioning computer lab where students are learning typing and other computer skills.
“Most of the students had never used a computer,” Ross said. He believes that the computer literacy they will gain will help them later in life. “Technology opens up a door for people.”
Ross’s project was supported by Woodberry Forest School’s Noland Summer Fellowship, a program funded by Lloyd “Bud” Noland III ’62, who established it with members of his family through the Noland Memorial Foundation in honor of his father. The program provides financial support to students who wish to pursue projects that, in Bud Noland’s words, “offer truly life-changing experiences to the very best Woodberry students.”
Ross's project adviser, Woodberry’s director of technology, Cronin Warmack ’89, remained in contact during his five weeks abroad. Ross also received support from Projects Abroad, an educational non-profit that has placed more than sixty thousand volunteers in twenty-eight developing countries since 1992.
Read the 2014 Noland Blog.
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Ross took twenty-three laptop computers, donated by Woodberry Forest School, along with other equipment and tools, to Ghana. There he transformed an empty room without windows, doors, or power into a functioning computer lab where students are learning typing and other computer skills.
“Most of the students had never used a computer,” Ross said. He believes that the computer literacy they will gain will help them later in life. “Technology opens up a door for people.”
Ross’s project was supported by Woodberry Forest School’s Noland Summer Fellowship, a program funded by Lloyd “Bud” Noland III ’62, who established it with members of his family through the Noland Memorial Foundation in honor of his father. The program provides financial support to students who wish to pursue projects that, in Bud Noland’s words, “offer truly life-changing experiences to the very best Woodberry students.”
Ross's project adviser, Woodberry’s director of technology, Cronin Warmack ’89, remained in contact during his five weeks abroad. Ross also received support from Projects Abroad, an educational non-profit that has placed more than sixty thousand volunteers in twenty-eight developing countries since 1992.
Read the 2014 Noland Blog.
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