COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC COMPUTING

DR. GEORGE E. KLINZING, CHAIR
MEETING SUMMARY – SEPTEMBER 13, 2001

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The meeting convened at 10:37 a.m.

MINUTES

No changes were requested to the minutes of the June 11, 2001 meeting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Provost will deliver his charge to Council at the next meeting.

• This committee's focus will be on faculty computing.

• Klinzing is willing to continue the High Performance Network Applications Initiative this year. He would like a group from this committee to examine last year's program and make recommendations for this year.

• There will be several information sessions again this year.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMPUTING SERVICES & SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT -- JINX WALTON

• The University's current bandwidth is 160 megabit. The student link is 80 megabit.

• The Faculty Computing Program, previously known as UNA, has been redesigned. Details are available on the Web.

• The Blackboard 5 upgrade is in place.

• The Posvar Hall renovation is complete.

• Student Info has been redesigned. The new version will be out in the next few weeks.

The meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.