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2005-06 Technology Fee Report

Technology Fee

05-06 Academic Year, $2.70 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.

2005-2006 Committee Members
Student Representatives:

• Becky Pinkelman
• Jody Kelm
• Sunny Brinker
• Travis Dickey

Faculty Representatives:
 

• Dr. Monty Fickel, Professor of Mathematics
• Dr. Barbara Limbach, Professor of Business & Economics

Department of Information Technology Representative:

• Ann Burk, Director of Information Technology

2005-2006 Funding

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

2005-2006 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

• Purchased replacement router & associated installation costs for DS3 Internet connection
• Purchased new Barracuda anti-spyware/firewall border appliance
• Purchased cable installation for the renovated Library computer lab
• Purchased additional residence hall network switches

Computer Labs

• Provided paper and toner for the general computer labs
• Provided equipment repairs for the general computer labs
• Purchased new furniture for the renovated Library computer lab.
• Purchased replacement laser printer for the Edna Hall lab.
• Purchased replacement laser printer for the Brooks Hall lab.
• Purchased 9 replacement PCs for the Tutoring Center.

Server Farm

• Purchased replacement server for the main Windows domain controller.
• Purchased high capacity tape backup appliances.

 

2005-2006 Major Expenditures from non-Technology Fee fund benefiting the student body:

• Internet connectivity charges
• On-going software contracts for Blackboard, MyCSC, Student Information System, On-line Credit Card Payments, Microsoft Campus Agreement, Library Automation, Antivirus and AntiSpam licenses, SPSS, Help Desk Software, and Traffic Shaper.
• Server maintenance and repairs
• Purchased DMZ backup server
• Purchased internal web server
• Auxiliary costs for renovation of the Library lab
• Uninterruptible Power Supplies for servers