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For Immediate Release and Reposting
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ATCC Begins Offering Internet Training in Science and Technology;
Teams with Noted Internet Trainer, John Makulowich

Rockville, Maryland, September 1994 -- Effective immediately, the American
Type Culture Collection (ATCC) offers basic as well as customized Internet
training. Focused on communication and information resources in science
and technology, the training will appeal to a broad array of professionals
in industry, academia and government, according to Dr. Raymond Cypess,
President of the internationally recognized repository of biological
materials. 

"The dramatic growth of the Internet, its value as a communications tool
and archive of resources and its increased use by our clients--all argue
strongly for ATCC to take a leading role in offering courses and workshops
that extend our current services to scientific and technical communities,"
said Cypess. 

"We are fortunate to team with John Makulowich, a respected Internet
trainer with a proven track record and an international perspective. He
allows us both a running start in our venture and the ability to continue
our tradition of offering world-class quality in our products and
services." 

ATCC will offer Internet training at the University of Maryland System
Shady Grove Center (Rockville, Maryland) on the model developed by
Makulowich. He has already trained more than 700 professionals at this
site with a series of hands-on, practical courses geared to transferring
Internet understanding and use to the professional workplace. ATCC will
also incorporate Internet training into its already extensive array of
workshops in the biological sciences. 

"This liaison with ATCC allows me to initiate new programs, to focus on
introducing the Internet to new groups and to contribute to the Internet
community. I look forward to working with an organization of professionals
who enjoy a global reputation for excellence and who have a clear vision
of the importance of the Internet in their own work and for their
clients," said Makulowich, vice president of The Writers Alliance, Inc. 

John Makulowich, a well-known Internet trainer and columnist, is also a
noted public speaker. He has given talks at the National Press Club, the
Freedom Forum, and the Federal Open Systems Exposition (FOSE) and made
numerous TV appearances before local, national and worldwide audiences. He
has also given briefings about the Internet to executives from industry,
academia and government in the U.S. and overseas. He recently traveled to
Sri Lanka at the request of the U.S. Agency for International Development
and conducted a series of Internet seminars in Hong Kong. 

His chapter on the Cyberworker appears in The Internet Unleashed; his
article, "Tips on How to Teach the Internet," will appear in the
November/December issue of Online; and his popular list of hypertext
links, The Awesome List, appears on the Library of Congress Web server.
While with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he created
the Internet mailing list, techserv@nist.gov, to transfer the results of
basic research to industry. 

Established in 1925, ATCC is an independent, non-profit organization whose
mission includes educational programs to enhance the quality of scientific
research and data management. 

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:

American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
12301 Parklawn Drive
Rockville MD 20852-1776 USA

Contact:	Workshop Manager
E-mail:		internet@atcc.org
Phone:		(301) 738-6080 or (301) 231-5566
FAX:		(301) 816-4363

The Writers Alliance, Inc.
12008 Golden Twig Court
Gaithersburg MD 20878 USA

Contact:	John Makulowich
E-mail:		makulow@clark.net
Phone:		(301) 738-6080
FAX:		(301) 948-8028

Course and registration information is available via e-mail, FTP, Gopher
and WWW browser. Training authorizations, purchase orders and all major
credit cards are accepted for these courses. 

E-mail: 	compass@clark.net or compass@atcc.org
URL:		gopher://gopher.atcc.org/
URL:		ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/journalism/brochure.txt
URL: 		http://www.clark.net/pub/journalism/brochure.html

This news release is available via FTP archive server:
URL:  ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/journalism/atccnews.txt 



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John S. Makulowich _____________ Internet Trainer: "Compass in Cyberspace"
Columnist:  Washington Technology,  AIDS Patient Care,  Tech Xfer Business
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Course Brochure: compass@clark.net - makulow@cais.com - verbwork@digex.net