A Bus Stop at Your College

All aboard! ... Midland College and SuddenLink are joining together to bring the newly-launched C-SPAN Digital Bus to to the MC Campus. The public is invited to learn about public affairs through interactive multimedia. We hope you'll decide to climb aboard for a visit ... and bring the family!

February 26, 2011
10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Abell Hanger Science Faculty Building Parking Lot
Midland College
3600 North Garfield Street, Midland, TX 79705

The C-SPAN Digital Bus will partner with Midland College and Suddenlink Communications to visit Midland on its national tour. During the stop, visitors will have the opportunity to tour the Digital Bus and learn about C-SPAN’s public affairs programming.

C-SPAN was created by America's cable companies in 1979 as a public service. The C-SPAN customized coach was launched in June 2010 as a means for engaging visitors of all ages through interactive multimedia. Digital Bus visitors are experiencing C-SPAN’s unique public affairs content across high-tech platforms such as HD-TV, the internet, and radio, encouraging customers to follow “Washington, your way.” Hands-on demonstrations feature the C-SPAN Video Library and the network’s social media offerings and there are special resources for civics teachers and their students.

The Digital Bus is designed to provide interactive, self guided multimedia tours demonstrating C-SPAN’s programming via varied distribution platforms to all visitors, including:
• TV monitors to demonstrate the C-SPAN Networks in both standard and high definition.
• Computer kiosks to demonstrate C-SPAN’s many web offerings including the Video Library.
• Laptops and mobile application devices to demonstrate C-SPAN’s social media presence and radio offerings.

The C-SPAN Digital Bus and crew also travel the country producing programs and promoting civic engagement through education.

For more information, contact Rebecca Bell, MC Dean of Public Information, (432) 685-4556, (432) 853-7099, rbell@midland.edu