Technology News


photo courtesy
Kurt Plowman
  December 16, 2004
Building Fire Disrupts Communications
The Wildlife Center of Virginia suffered a building fire 12/16/04, the result of an incubator over-heating. Fortunately there were no human or patient injuries, due to calm and quick action by WCV staff and local emergency professionals. The fire occurred in the room housing the Center's core data and telecommuncations network, and HVAC equipment, however, and left us with significant equipment and building damage.


photo courtesy Ron Perry
  June 7, 2004
2004 ComputerWorld Honors 21st Century Achievement Award
Washington D.C. - On Monday, June 7, 2004, the Wildlife Center of Virginia received the coveted 21st Century Achievement Award last night from the Computerworld Honors Program for visionary use of information technology in the category of Environment, Energy & Agriculture.
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May 28, 2004
2004 SVTC CIT Innovative Technology Application Award
Harrisonburg VA - The Wildlife Center of Virginia has been awarded the 2004 Shenandoah Valley Technology Council CIT Innovative Technology Application Award

April 21, 2004
The Wildlife Center of Virginia has been named a Finalist in the Environment, Energy and Agriculture category of Computerworld Honors 21st Century Achievment Awards

Mr. John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, has nominated Wildlife Center's "online teaching and training programs" for inclusion in "A Search for New Heroes", the online archive of the Computerworld Honors Program, which designates us as a Computerworld Honors Laureate, and makes us eligible for consideration for the Programs 21st Century Achievement Award in the Environment, Energy, and Agriculture Category. Our use of technology becomes a permanent case study for others, and will be accessible in libraries, museums and universities worldwide, and on the Internet.

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