Recent Releases

ERC Announces Connection of Wofford and Converse Colleges To Its Fiber Network

Wofford College and Converse College, both located in Spartanburg, S.C., have joined the ERC Fiber Network, an initiative that began in 1997 to improve the technological infrastructure of the western Carolinas.

Free Teacher Workshops Provide Opportunity To Gain A Better Understanding Of The Causes Of Flooding, Erosion And Related Pollution Problems

In its "Planning With the Forces of Nature" workshop for K-12 teachers, which will be offered June 22-24, 2005, Pisgah Forest Institute (PFI) staff together with several governmental agencies will relate in practical terms information on runoff, stream dynamics and other processes that influence the cause and degree of the flooding and erosion.

WNC Health Network To Electronically Link Area Hospitals

The Western North Carolina Health Network (“WNC Network”), a collaboration of the areas’s 16 hospitals, 13 county health departments and health care providers, received two grants totaling $2.5 million from the Department of Health and Human Services through the efforts of Congressman Taylor for the purposes of electronically linking the area hospitals and other health care providers.

NEXRAD Level II Radar Data now available through the ERC

The Education and Research Consortium (ERC) has partnered with the National Weather Service and the National Climatic Data Center to distribute and archive NOAA's WSR-88D Level II radar data.

Congressman Taylor and ERC Bring Cost Efficient High-Speed Internet Access Connection to the Region

The Education and Research Consortium (ERC), in conjunction with Congressman Charles Taylor, announced today that the first phase of a planned regional high-capacity network has been completed and is operational.

New Company To Be Located In Asheville

Congressman Charles Taylor announced today that Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems will be moving to Asheville.

Mayland Burnsville Computer Lab Opening

BURNSVILLE - The gleaming monitors and hard drives lined up in the lab have already given Yancey County school children a virtual tour of the Library of Congress, but when they grow up, that same lab may help win them jobs in their hometown.

Digital Media Institute Officially Opened at Blue Ridge Community College - Focus is to Retrain Dislocated Workers

On Friday, March 21, 2003 Blue Ridge Community College and Congressman Charles Taylor (NC-11) will officially open the Digital Media Institute at the college’s Flat Rock campus.

Curriculum Library Open House for K-12 Teachers

On Friday, March 1, 2002, An Adventure of the American Mind will host an open house for the new curriculum library housed at Montreat College’s In the Oaks campus facility in Black Mountain, NC. This event will also showcase the Manor House at In the Oaks, which has been renovated to house a state-of-the-art computer lab with LCD projector, classrooms, the curriculum library, administrative offices and lodging facilities for conferences. The Manor House is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.