Numerous private companies have also provided significant financial and in-kind support for the center. The Entrepreneurial Village, a non-profit organization, helped establish the Technology Center in its new facility. The center provides a site where residents can learn about and use new technologies. At Wednesday's ceremony Gene Block, U.Va.'s Vice President for Research and Public Service, announced the creation of Outreach Virginia, a Web site describing the hundreds of services and programs that the University provides. With rich color images that represent the University, the variety of people U.Va. serves, and the geographic areas of such services, the Web site offers readers a comprehensive list of such outreach efforts as publications, digital collections, medical care, demographic information, training opportunities, degree programs, and public policy analysis.
People can also search the database by entering key words.
With currently about 300 entries, the site offers readers a good understanding of the breadth of programs and services U.Va. provides and explains how to take advantage of them. More entries are being posted weekly. Posting descriptions of such programs in a comprehensive Web site was one of the early recommendations of the Public Service Commission that is part of the Virginia 2020 planning process at U.Va. This fall Hawthorne will visit with representatives of chambers of commerce, school boards, local governments, and other community groups throughout Virginia to promote the Web site and the University's public service and outreach programs.