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2004-05 Technology Fee Report

Technology Fee

04-05 Academic Year, $2.65 per credit hour for all CSC students.

Expenditure Guidelines

• Technology acquisitions should benefit the general student population.
• Funds should be allocated first to 'visible' improvements, such as maintaining and upgrading general lab hardware and software, network response time, and student assistance.
• Funds are not used to purchase specialized equipment or software.
• Funds are not used to fund non-student positions whose priority is student based technology support such as the general computer labs, residence hall, network connections, help desk, etc.
• Fund is to be managed by the Technology Fee Committee.

Committee Responsibilities

• Be mindful of expenditure guidelines.
• Identify, introduce and prioritize needs, and recommend annual expenditures.
• Attend meetings, conducted in the Fall for Spring implementation planning and in the Spring for Summer implementation planning.
• Publish on the web and present to Student Senate and CSC Administration a report of the previous year's expenditures.

2004-2005 Committee Members
Student Representatives:

• Becky Pinkelman
• Jody Kelm
• Brian Nice

Faculty Representatives:
 

• Dr. Mary Jo Carnot, Asst. Prof. Couns, Psyc, SW
• Mr. Mike Engel, Asst. Prof Education

Department of Information Technology Representative:

• Ann Burk, Director of Information Technology

2004-2005 Funding

• $175,000 Technology Fee revenue
• $35,000 allocated to Distance Learning
• $140,000 allocated to the Technology Fee Committee

2004-2005 Expenditures

Personnel

• Provided 50% funding of the Computer Support Specialist position for support of student related technology in the general access computer labs, at the help desk, and in the residence halls.

Network

• N/A

Computer Labs

• Provided paper and toner for the general computer labs
• Provided equipment repairs for the general computer labs
• Purchased 22 replacement PCs for the High Rise lab.
• Purchased 6 replacement PCs for the Edna Hall lab.
• Purchased 3 replacement PCs for the Brooks Hall lab.
• Purchased 5 replacement PCs for the Residence Hall desks.
• Purchased 12 new PCs for the renovated Hildreth lab.

 

Server Farm

• Purchased server replacement for the Student/Faculty Services of Campus Pipeline
• Purchased 2 servers for the Campus Pipeline to Luminis upgrade
• Purchased the Luminis software license

2004-2005 Major Expenditures from non-Technology Fee fund benefiting the student body:

• Blackboard hardware, software, migration and training costs associated with the upgrade to v. 6.2
• Campus Pipeline to Luminis hardware, software, migration, training costs.
• On-line Credit Card payment hardware, software, installation and training costs
• EMAS recruiting hardware, software, installation and training costs.
• Wireless site survey, hardware, installation and training costs for the Library and Student Center.
• Barracuda SPAM Firewall
• 15 replacement computers for the Miller Hall Faculty/Staff Training Room.
• 13 laptops for the wireless pilot project in the Library
• Internet connectivity charges and on-going software contracts for Blackboard, Campus Pipeline, Student Information system, Microsoft Campus Agreement, Library Automation, Antivirus and AntiSpam licenses etc.