Archive for November, 2007

Price reduction for digital media

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Media Services is happy to announce that we are reducing the price that we charge for DVD-R’s from $5.00 to $2.00 and mini DV tape from $7.00 to $5.00. Duplication fees have not changed.

Update on the Campus Calendar

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

In September 2007, Communications and ITS launched a new Campus Calendar to serve as a central web site for campus event publicity. The success of this initiative has depended on the participation of the entire community.
How are we doing? Very well. Since launch, page views of the calendar have climbed steadily and [...]

Outdoor Wireless Expansion

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

In addition to installing wireless in the residence halls this Summer, ITS also significantly improved and extended wireless access in the most popular outdoor areas of campus. The following is a complete list:
Willets Lawn
Nason Garden (Hicks)
Pearson Front Lawn
Sproul Terrace
Trotter Front Lawn
Kohlberg Quad
Sharples Patio
Martin-Cornell Garden
Wharton Courtyard
Alice Paul vicinity of main entrance
Willets lawn
Harry Wood Garden
Parrish front [...]

Additional Internet Bandwidth Available

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

ITS recently negotiated a significant increase in Internet bandwidth as part of our contract renewal with Yipes Communications. We will be doubling Internet bandwidth from 30 Megabits per second (Mbps) to 60 Mbps in the next few weeks for a very modest increase in cost. As an initial step, [...]

Evision’s Argos Reporting Tool Acquired

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

It is our pleasure to announce that the College has a new Banner reporting tool: Evision’s Argos. Argos (Adhoc Report Generation and Output Solution) will eventually replace our existing Hummingbird reporting tool after several months of having both fully operational to facilitate the transition. This will be a significant change for many of [...]

New Classics Department website launced

Monday, November 12th, 2007

The Classics Department has launched a new website, with updated information on the academic program, courses, and faculty. It also features reflections from current students and alumni and Hapax Legemon, the student classics journal.

The website was created in Ingeniux, the College’s web content management system. It is based on the standard template for [...]