Lt. Governor Pat Quinn awards 33 Illinois third graders with laptop computers for winning a statewide essay contest. The students best answered the question: How can a laptop change your community and change the world?
(Forest Park) - On Monday, March 10, at 1:30 p.m. - only four days after the Children's Low-Cost Laptop Act passed unanimously out of committee - Lt. Governor Pat Quinn joined with local officials and community leaders to urge lawmakers to quickly make the laptop learning initiative law.
(Chicago) - On Sunday, Feb. 17, at 2:00 p.m. at the James R. Thompson Center Concourse Level, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn will announce the 33 winners of a statewide essay contest, presenting the lucky third graders from across the Land of Lincoln with their very own XO laptop.
On November 12, 2007, Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn purchased six One Laptop Per Child XO laptops as part of a limited opportunity to “Give 1 Get 1.” Three of the XO laptops will be awarded to 3rd grade students here in Illinois based upon an essay on the following question: how can laptops help change your community and the world? The Lt. Governor will donate the remaining three XO laptops to 3rd grade children in a developing country.
On Wednesday, November 28, 2007, Lt. Governor Pat Quinn joined with university and health care leaders from across Illinois at the State Capitol Blue Room to celebrate a $21-million federal grant that will connect rural hospitals and clinics across the Land of Lincoln to a shared fiber optic network that will significantly improve access to quality health care.