In a few months, Eureka Broadband also plans to link all the computers in each classroom with a single touchpad, so an instructor can display the contents of each student's computer on a large screen. In addition, the lecture hall and conference rooms each have projectors, as well as six and nine-foot video screens. The space is functional but it's also attractive blending spare, ultra-modern design with more traditional decor to give it a warm, comfortable feel. In one room, a sleek, distressed-metal podium stands at the front of the lecture room. Steel grey doors with round windows open into the meeting rooms, and conference tables are a rich, dark wood.
Walls are lemon yellow and salmon pink.
The facility could never have been established on the money we had to spend, but this is just an example of how Columbia is able to do more with less. At the core, this story is about a partnership between two people who trusted each other, who were trying to build a vision of education and entrepreneurship.