HOUGHTON COLLEGE

If Houghton College's School of Education has its way, chalk and blackboards in our nation's classrooms may go the way of inkwells and quill pens. NYNEX, in partnership with the Wendt Foundation, is helping this college in Buffalo, New York establish a multimedia laboratory where students learn to teach using the latest in educational technology.

Education students learn about the latest multimedia computer programs, which bring school subjects to life through sound and video images. These future teachers learn to use multimedia technology to store samples of students' writings, artwork and video clips. Houghton College's laboratory has become a model for schools of education in New York and across the country.

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

The NYNEX Foundation will award $1.2 million in grants this year to colleges, universities and other educational institutions in New York and New England in a major expansion of its Excellence in Education Awards program. In addition, NYNEX is expanding the number of colleges and universities that are eligible. Non-profit educational organizations that provide classroom programs for junior high and high school students are also eligible for the first time.

The awards, which range from $5,000 to $50,000, will help fund projects that foster the use of communications technology in the classroom.