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Kids and Computers CLICK at UPG

The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg will again host a one-week residential computer camp for 30 inner-city African American fourth and fifth graders this week at the college’s McKenna Computer Center. The program has doubled in size since its beginning at UPG four years ago.

Participating students are enrolled in Pittsburgh’s Hill District schools, and many of the students attended the UPG summer camp last year.

Known as the C.L.I.C.K. Program (The Computer & Literacy Initiative for Community Kids), the goal is to promote computer literacy and to provide early exposure to job and economic opportunities utilizing technology. The theme for this summer’s computer camp is Click on Cultures. Students will research and make a power point presentation on the cultures of East Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean. On Friday, at 1 p.m., they will participate in a performance on the sites and sounds of the Asian culture.

Coordinating the program for the University are Gayle Moss, Office of Student Volunteer Outreach; Douglas Hartman of Pitt’s School of Education; and Carol Calloway, special assistant to the UPG president for diversity and minority affairs.

—David C. Schmidt

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