The Villanova Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery visited Julia de Burgos Elementary School in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 29th. They were greeted upon their arrival by the principal of the school, Ms. Burgos and the program’s contact person, Mr. Pautrat, who had a list of the technical problems that needed to be resolved. The group consisted of eight students and two computing science faculty members (see photo below) and spent the day repairing and refurbishing desktop machines, configuring wireless networking on laptops, and troubleshooting printing problems.
The organization took part in the endeavor as a community service project to assist the school’s underfunded technology program. “We were thrilled to be able to help Julia de Burgos revamp their computer systems as it gives its students the opportunity to learn about and experience technology,” said Minh Tran, the event’s coordinator. Student volunteers were Kory Kirk, Minh Tran, John McCoey, AJ Palkovic, Casey Burkhardt, Joe Bruno, John Kim, and Victoria Tran. Faculty members Dr. Fleischman and Professor Nadi were also in attendance and provided valuable help throughout the day. The ACM plans on making return trips in the future to ensure everything remains up to date and in top functional condition.
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