MEDIA ADVISORY
Osgoode Hall, Goodman Phillips & Vineberg Invite Legal Community to Hi-Tech Classroom Opening

TORONTO, September 2, 1998 -- Osgoode Hall Law School is bringing the newest teaching technologies to its programming this fall with the opening of a classroom wired for Internet connection, multimedia presentations and electrical outlets for laptop-toting students.

The facility - made possible through a significant donation by Goodman Phillips & Vineberg - will be a new teaching and learning centre equipped with a computer, motorized large screen, VCR, camcorder, computer projector and high quality sound system and lighting for an enhanced learning environment.

In celebration of this new electronic classroom, representatives of Osgoode Hall Law School and Goodman Phillips & Vineberg invite the legal community to join them at the official opening of the classroom and the announcement of a related Goodman Phillips & Vineberg scholarship fund. A reception in the Osgoode Faculty Common Room will follow the official ribbon-cutting and classroom demonstration.

Event:
Opening Ceremony for the Goodman Phillips & Vineberg Classroom and Scholarship Announcement

Participants:
Dr. Peter Hogg, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School
Dale Lastman, Co-Chair, Goodman Phillips & Vineberg

When:
Thursday, October 1, 1998
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Where:
Room 106, Osgoode Hall Law School
York University
4700 Keele Street

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For more information, please contact:

Sine MacKinnon
Senior Advisor for Media Relations
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22087
email: sinem@yorku.ca

Ken Turriff
Media Relations Officer
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22086
email: kturriff@yorku.ca
YU/057/98