| 1993 |
February |
Initial meetings with Willows Staff |
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June |
IBM approves sponsorship funding |
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December |
San Jose City Council approves SeniorNet contract |
| 1994 |
January |
Classroom is populated with 7 IBM PS/1's |
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January |
38 volunteers attend the "teach-the-teachers" class |
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March 9 |
Open Registration - 300 apply; 120 are enrolled in ten "Intro" classes; remainder are wait-listed |
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March 26 |
Grand Opening Celebration |
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May |
First ten classes are completed; Second session of classes begins; Saturday class is added |
| 1995 |
January |
2 PCs added - total now 9 |
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January |
35 inch TV installed to display instructor's screen |
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April |
10 PCs (one PC given by Intel) |
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April |
69 Volunteers. Applications for Enrollment Pass 1000 |
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September |
11 PCs (one IBM Aptiva purchased) |
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November |
16 P's (five PC's given by Intel and Acer) |
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December |
18 PCs (one IBM Aptiva and one compatible purchased) |
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December |
Volunteers build new furniture and restructure classroom |
| 1996 |
January |
Willows SNLC was featured in the Japanese magazine “ASAHI |
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March |
72 Volunteers |
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June |
Applications for Enrollment Pass 1500 |
| 1997 |
June |
75 Volunteers |
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June |
Applications for Enrollment Pass 2000 |
| 1998 |
April |
Applications for Enrollment Pass 2500 |
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April |
All 18 PCs now upgraded for Multimedia; now have six phone lines |
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June |
Web page launched |
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August |
Over 1500 people have taken one or more classes (over 4300 students have been taught) |
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August |
76 Volunteers (24 have taught, 68 have coached, all have helped) |
| 1999 |
November |
Edwin Dewling Service Award initiated for outstanding volunteers |
| 2000 |
January |
Jerry White is first volunteer to be presented with the Dewling Award. |
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April |
Applications for Enrollment Pass 4000 |
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April |
City of San Jose Outstanding Volunteer Award |
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August |
San Jose splits into three centers, The Willows, Almaden and Cypress. |
| 2002 |
December |
The first Willows volunteer holiday potluck is held. |
| 2003 |
September |
The Willows SeniorNet Learning Center is featured as the cover story for the Willows Glen Resident |
| 2004 |
March |
The Willows SeniorNet Learning Center celebrates its 10th anniversary |
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March |
We held an afternoon banquet attended by SeniorNet Officers, former officers, District 6 Councilman, and 200 current Willows members. |
| 2005 |
June |
Grant from EBay and City of San Jose to upgrade 20 machines. |
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September |
Electronic Newsletter initiated to announce registrations |
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December |
Amplified sound system with T-coil system is installed. |
| 2006 |
February |
Applications for enrollment are 5828 |
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February |
102 Volunteers (26 Instructors, others are coaches and administrative staff) |
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February |
Current Schedule: 5 Sessions/Year; 13 Courses/Session; 5 days/week |
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February |
17 Students/Class depending on subject |
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February |
Classes Meet 2-hours/Week for 8 Weeks |
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February |
4 Hours of Supervised Lab Time per Week (x 17 PCs) |
| 2007 |
January |
Flat panel monitors installed on all computers |
| 2007 |
October |
"Cyber Seniors" was the title of an overview article about our learning center in the Willow Glen Resident. |
| 2007 |
July |
Willows commences Mail-In proxy program for class registration. |
| 2007 |
November |
One of our students was featured in another article about searching genealogy using the computer in the Willow Glen/Almaden Resident. |
| 2008 |
June |
Willows Learning Center initiates Judy Moak Award to recognize outstanding volunteers who seldom get acknowledged. |
| 2008 |
July |
Willows Learning Center revamps the Introduction to Computers class and divides it into three separate classes. |
| 2008 |
October |
Willows Learning Center signs up its 10,000th student in class. |
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