Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology was one of the first five colleges or universities to receive funding through the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as a part of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC). The grant, totaling over $750,000, is part of a nationwide effort by the Biden-Harris administration to provide affordable, reliable high-speed internet access to everyone, regardless of their rural location or socioeconomic status, and OSU Institute of Technology was selected as a trailblazer for the initiative.