The Maytum Multimedia Classroom located in Murray room 117 was made possible through the gifts from Robert Maytum '34 Robert A. Maytum '59 Marilyn Schweitzer Maytum '57 The planning and designing of the room was completed by Educational Computing at Allegheny College, including input from Allegheny Faculty, and input gathered from visiting other colleges. Once the design was complete the Multimedia Construction of the room began June 1st and was completed by August 2nd 1999 with funds from the Maytum Foundation. Also the podium computer includes specialized software which can display any of the images from the 20 student computers onto the projection screen. The classroom includes 20 custom built desks based on a design developed at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. These desks provide a sliding top to use to take notes or slide back to reveal the keyboard for computer usage.
Recessed monitors permit faculty to see students faces, rather than back of monitors.
The desk sit on a raised floor which hide all computer cables from view. Special lighting is provided so students can take notes while the projector is displaying. The Maytum Multimedia Classroom is used in many different ways for teaching.