Prize winners announced – ITS student survey

Many thanks to the nearly 450 first-years, sophomores and juniors who responded to the survey on ITS services.  The following prizes were awarded in a drawing from among the respondents:

• Caitlin Edgar ’12: iPad
• Si Kuan ’12, $250
• Zach Zoller ’13, $150
• Emily Ackerman ’12, $100
• Alexander Berger ’14, $50
• Colleen Moore ’13, $50

Results of the survey will be announced in the fall.

Student Film Festival is Friday

A series of short films by W&L students will be featured from 12:15 p.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May 13 in Stackhouse Theater, Elrod Commons.  Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.

For more information, contact John Blackburn in Information Technology Services.

Wireless help, Thursday afternoon

During an ongoing ITS survey of students, many Mac users reported ongoing difficulties with dropped wireless connections, in spite of numerous network improvements by ITS in the past year.  If you are experiencing difficulties in using the wireless network, we invite you to bring your wireless device to the Living Room in Elrod Commons from 12:30-3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12.  ITS staff will help you address the problem, and the information you provide will help us to plan for service improvements.

If you are unable to attend the Thursday event, you can seek assistance for your wireless problems at the Information Desk in Leyburn Library, during regular business hours: 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday and 6-9 p.m. on Sunday.

You may also wish to try some of the remedies listed here on your own:

http://itsnewswlu.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/fixes-for-macs-and-wireless/

752 new titles in online collection

Software guides and books on digital photography, career planning and other topics  are among the new titles just added to Safari Books Online, licensed by Information Technology Services and Leyburn Library for use by all W&L students, faculty and staff.

The 752 new titles include the following:

• Flash CS4 all-in-one for Dummies
• Designing for the Digital Age
• Essentials of Software Engineering
• iLife ’11
• iPad for Dummies
• Microsoft 2010 in Depth
• Programming and Problem Solving with C++

The full text of these and are more than 12,000 other print resources are available on Safari,  which includes reference sources from many of the leading technology publishers, including Adobe, Microsoft, O’Reilly, QUE and Sams.

Access Safari Books Online in either of the following ways:

• Through Annie at: http://annie.wlu.edu:80/record=b1694155
• Directly at: http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uicode=washleeu

If you are off campus, you may be prompted to log in using your W&L credentials.