Innovation Place, established with a $100,000 gift from Progress Energy, provides education students with a high-tech computer lab of twenty student work stations and one instructor station.  The instructor station is equipped with a visual presenter as well as digital projection equipment.  Student workstations provide the latest in software, including the capability to produce virtual reality media clips for use on web pages.  Named in honor of the late J. R. Bryan Jackson, a Florence businessman and life-long advocate for quality education, Innovation Place provides faculty and students alike high-tech resources for today's education classrooms.