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Global Access to provide satellite time for Kent State University's first live presidential broadcast; Video address from Geneva to reach more than 1,000 parents and students in U.S
Business Wire, Oct 31, 1995
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 1995--Global Access Telecommunications Services Inc., a leading provider of worldwide satellite and fiber transmission services for the television and video industry, announced that it has been selected to provide the live video feed broadcasting Kent State President Carol A. Cartwright's Parents Day address from Geneva, Switzerland back to the Kent State campus on Nov. 4.
Cartwright, in Geneva to visit Kent State students participating in the Study Abroad Program, will speak to 1,000 parents and students assembled in Kent State University's student center in Kent, Ohio.
The partnership between Global Access and Kent State University strengthens the university's commitment to global educational outreach, utilizing technology to reach an advanced level of communications. "Global Access is allowing us to expose our students to what's available in today's marketplace," Cartwright said. "This broadcast graphically illustrates to our students and their parents our capability to maximize our resources by seizing this realistic teaching opportunity within the context of the technological teaching advances being pioneered at Kent. Global Access is giving Kent a worldwide reach."
"Global Access is pleased to have the opportunity to work within public-private partnerships such as this one with Kent State," said Jack Morse, president and CEO of Global Access. "We look forward to strong working relationships in the educational field, giving students a firsthand look at satellite technology."
Kent State University is Ohio's third largest residential university with nearly 30,000 students enrolled in its eight-campus network. Approximately 25,000 students are on the Kent campus, and friends and family of the students studying abroad will be among the audience for Cartwright's video address.
About Global Access
Global Access is a leading provider of worldwide satellite and fiber transmission services for the television and video industry. In addition to U.S. domestic and international satellite transponder space capacity, the company provides television transmission services via satellite and fiber networks; syndication distribution services; fixed and transportable satellite uplinks and downlinks; and coordination and transmission services for news, sports and special events.
Global Access is headquartered in Boston and maintains offices in Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., as well as bases in London and Singapore.
CONTACT: Alison Buckholtz or Christa Degnan
Collaborative Communications Inc.
(617) 621-1595
or
Deborah Pappas
Global Access
(617) 367-0500
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