Fluke Gives 20 Schools Electrical Test Instruments

Twenty educational institutions in the United States will receive advanced electrical and electronic test instruments from Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash., through the Fluke Education Grant Program. Each winning school will receive two of Fluke's newest and most capable test instruments designed for the electrical and electronics industries: the Fluke 289 and Fluke 287 Logging Digital Multimeters.

The Fluke Education Grant Program, announced in October 2007, is targeted at community colleges, universities and training programs across the U.S. and Canada. Winners were chosen by a review committee of electronics professionals. They examined many program elements, including the breadth of course offerings and the types and numbers of certificates and degrees conferred.

The winning schools and training programs are:

Fluke 287 GrantsAtlanta Electrical JATC Atlanta Boise State University Boise, Idaho Coosa Valley Technical College Rome, Ga. Hutchinson Community College Hutchinson, Kan. IBEW Local 176 JATC Joliet, Ill. Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee. Fluke 289 GrantsBluefield State College Bluefield, W.Va. Detroit Electrical Industry Training Center Detroit Hazleton Area Career Center Hazleton, Pa. Hibbing Community College Hibbing, Minn. Hudson Valley Community College Troy, N.Y. Linn State Technical College Linn, Mo. Northern Maine Community College Presque Isle, Maine Palo Alto College San Antonio, Texas Pennsylvania State University Reading, Pa. Richmond Electricians' JATC Ashland, Va. Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, Mo. Venango Technology Center Oil City, Pa. Wyoming Electrical JATC Casper, Wyo. Yavapai College Prescott, Ariz.

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