Lights, Camera, Education!
An architectural rendering of the studio being built on the upper campus
By the grace of God, the Saleh family came forward with the specific desire to endow a studio for Zaytuna College to facilitate the production of a higher level of online content and learning. This gracious gift was made in honor of the late Medhat Toufic Saleh, a son, brother, and dear friend to many in the San Francisco Bay Area.
allow for the in-house production of infographic content. The furnishings lend themselves to a variety of uses. The classroom desks are individualized yet designed to come together as a communal table for discussions and group work. The room also features comfortable benches toward the back of the room for observers of classes and presentations.
From the outset, the Zaytuna A/V team By renovating a classroom aimed for flexibility and into a studio, the College scalability, so the building maximizes the use of of a functional studio space existing space and, with coincided with expanding continued support, can a dedicated classroom in upgrade other classrooms the Bin Bayyah building on as needed. This state-ofthe Upper Campus. This the-art studio is a critical The studio’s control room is equipped with location, in the building component of our online state-of-the-art technology. that the College uses for learning initiative, which most of its classes, means aims to bring Zaytuna to that students near and far can benefit from the the homes and classrooms of seekers of knowledge enhanced classroom, a beautiful legacy for Brother across the globe. Medhat. May God reward the Saleh family for establishing The studio-classroom is designed with a multicamera system, an interactive display for use as a classroom visual aid, and a green screen that will
the Medhat Toufic Saleh Memorial Fund, which provided the seed investment to build a high-tech multimedia studio at the College. 44
