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Fall 2008 Computer Registration Begins Aug. 29

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Computer registration for students will begin on Friday, Aug. 29, at 9:30 a.m. All students bringing a personal computer to campus must register their machine in order to access the Internet from the Stony Brook University network.

This year, there is a new procedure for registering a Windows computer. Students need to download the Client Assessment Tool (CAT) to their computer’s desktop. Students are encouraged to read the following materials before attempting to register:

If assistance is still required after reading through these materials, students may bring their computers to one of the following two locations where Division of Information Technology professionals will be on hand to lend assistance during opening weekend:

Client Support Student Service Center - Fifth Floor, Melville Library - Room S-5410
Saturday, Aug. 30, Sunday, Aug. 31, Monday, Sept. 1
12:00 - 5:00 p.m. 

Traditions Lounge - Student Activities Center
Saturday, Aug. 30, Sunday, Aug. 31, Monday, Sept. 1
12:00 - 5:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Client Support Drop-in Center will resume its normal business hours which are Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Start the Spring 2008 Semester Off Right

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Attention Students!

Sunday, Jan. 27

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Computer Registration Assistance at the SAC’s Traditions Lounge

Welcome back for the start of the Spring 2008 semester. Client Support and the Division of Information Technology will be here to help make sure your computer is hooked up, registered, and ready to go.

From 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, staff technicians will be on hand to assist students with registration and wireless issues in the Traditions Lounge, located on the main floor of the Student Activities Center (SAC). The technicians in attendance will do their best to solve your problems and answer any questions you may have. If your computer has other issues that will take longer to attend to, you will be encouraged to bring your machine to the Client Support Drop-in Center, located on the fifth floor of the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, Room S-5410. The Drop-in Center will also be open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, and will resume regular business hours (Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.) on Jan. 28.

Questions? Call Client Support at 631.632.9800 or submit a help request.

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Gearing Up for the New School Year

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is gearing up for the start of the 2007-08 school year. This week, volunteers from each of the six departments that comprise DoIT gathered for a "working breakfast" to review course material that will be presented to more than 2,600 students in 120 sections of Freshman Seminar 101, a mandatory technology orientation class for SB freshmen.

Organizing this large initiative is Tara Burst-Mazovec and her colleagues in Teaching, Learning + Technology. Tara reached out to other employees within DoIT and asked for assistance in leading the classes. She got great response and will now be able to cover all 120 sections of the seminar which spans a full month from the start of September to the first week in October. Each class will run between 40 and 50 minutes in length. CIO Rich Reeder is even going to teach some sections.

Freshman Seminar 101 introduces students to:

 

 

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