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Wellman Family Foundation makes significant gift to educationCHARLESTON, W.Va. (Aug. 04, 2004) – School teachers and their students across West Virginia will have access to SAS inSchool’s award-winning, Web-based educational curriculum through the 2006-07 school year, thanks to a grant made by the Wellman Family Foundation. Selby Wellman, founder of the Wellman Family Foundation, announced the grant Wednesday at the West Virginia Statewide Technology Conference in Charleston. Governor Bob Wise, State Schools Superintendent David Stewart, Executive Director for the Office of Instructional Technology Brenda Williams and SAS CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight joined Wellman in making the announcement. The Wellman Family Foundation grant will make SAS inSchool resources available to all secondary schools in the state as well as to Marshall University. Public, private and parochial schools are all included in the statewide partnership. SAS inSchool creates Web-based teaching and learning curricula focusing on the core subjects taught in grades eight through 12, including English, Spanish, social studies, science and mathematics. “This gift is the result of several determined and dedicated individuals coming together to take this unprecedented step to improve the educational opportunities for young people statewide,” said Goodnight. SAS inSchool’s standards-based resources are receiving growing acceptance across the country by middle schools, high schools, virtual schools, as well as community colleges and universities. The award-winning software offers a Web-based planning environment for teachers; for students, it promotes problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. “The students are the true beneficiaries of this wonderful gift,” said Stewart. “Thanks go to Mr. Wellman for his generosity and his dedication to providing educational opportunities to all West Virginia children.” The Wellman Family Foundation is dedicated to creating educational opportunities to West Virginia students, which includes many scholarships to Marshall University. SAS inSchool won the Technology and Learning Award of Excellence in 2000, 2001 and 2002 and was listed among Technology and Learning’s Top Three Software Programs for 2001. The program offers Web-based, multimedia software, and educator learning and support services. For more information about SAS inSchool, visit www.SASinSchool.com. About SAS inSchool SAS inSchool was established in 1996 as a division of SAS Institute. SAS inSchool resources have been listed among the top software programs by the Gateway to Educational Materials, Technology & Learning, the Southern Regional Education Board, and other national consortia. For three years, SAS inSchool has won the Technology and Learning Award of Excellence. SAS inSchool offers Web-based instructional software for 208 topics, including more than 5,000 Web resources and 85 media-rich InterActivities. For more information, see www.SASinSchool.com. About SASSAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites – including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500® – to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know® .Back to Recent SAS Press Releases Copyright © SAS Institute Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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