N.H. The funds will also be used to support the live broadcasts of Ashbrook Center events on the site and for costs involved in marketing the site. We re continually adding more content to the web site, said Roger Beckett, director of special programs at the Ashbrook Center. We want to make it easier for people to navigate the site and to entice them to stay on the site, especially if they enter the site through one of the pages carrying a publication.
Many people find our site after running a search on a particular topic.
The search usually takes them to one of our publication pages. Dr. Peter Schramm, executive director of the Ashbrook Center, expressed appreciation for the gift from Verizon. We are especially honored that a serious company like Verizon would see fit to encourage the Ashbrook Center s efforts to gain a wider exposure on the Internet, Schramm said. This gift will allow the Ashbrook Center to make our Internet presence much better than it has been. Brent Sponsler, local manager for network services for Verizon, said Verizon and Ashland University have had a great working relationship over the years.