C-SPAN's Civics Bus coming to FW

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The C-SPAN Civics Bus is on the road to the Fort Wayne, IN community. The 45-foot mobile production studio and demonstration center will travel to R. Nelson Snider High School, and the Allen County Public Library as the bus visits schools and other community venues to share C-SPAN’s education and civic resources with students and teachers across the country. The bus will be open for tours with teachers and students at the high school and open to the general public at the library. Comcast is hosting the bus during its visit.

Schedule of Events:

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
R. Nelson Snider High School
4600 Fairlawn Pass
Fort Wayne, IN 46815
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Allen County Library
900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

With a new exterior design, and interior features that include the latest television production equipment, the C-SPAN Civics Bus allows students, teachers and other visitors the chance to tour the bus and learn about the many resources C-SPAN offers, including the network’s education website, C-SPAN Classroom ( www.c-spanclassroom.org), a free membership service for educators with downloadable video clips; the C-SPAN Video library ( www.c-spanarchives.org ); and C-SPAN’s television coverage of the new administration.

About C-SPAN
C-SPAN, celebrating 30 years as America’s political network of record, was created by America's cable companies as a public service in 1979. C-SPAN programs three public affairs television networks; C-SPAN Radio, a Washington, D.C. radio station distributed nationally by XM Satellite Radio; and a video-rich website. C-SPAN is currently available in over 92 million cable and satellite households. For more information, visit www.c-span.org.