OIT makes setting up easier this year |
Melinda Hawkins |
|
Starting fall semester it will be easier to receive a SIUE student computer account and student telephone account number. During Welcome Week, the Office of Information Technology in the basement of Dunham Hall in Room 0210, will have a booth set up on the Stratton Quadrangle to help new students through the process of activating their student computer accounts, STAN numbers and personal telephone lines. "Students will be able to walk right into the quad to activate their e-mail accounts," Jill Yates of OIT said. The online booth during Welcome Week is new this fall along with personal telephone lines, which give students a private line with voice mail, caller ID capabilities and call forwarding to any phone on campus. PTLs will now be available to residents of Cougar Village. They were previously available only to Prairie and Woodland halls residents. A STAN number is available only to on-campus residents and involves less paperwork than last year. Rather than being required to go to OIT to fill out a contract, residential students will be sent implied contracts in the mail. One benefit to a STAN number is the low rates, which are lower than most major providers with international rates 40 percent lower than AT&T. OIT will now offer fall students Web-based e-mail accounts. This site is located at http://webmail.siue.edu/ and will soon include a SIUE home page link, allowing students to check their e-mail when off campus. For more information on student e-mail accounts, STAN numbers, PTLs and technical support, students can use the help desk found in the Ready Reference section of the SIUE home page at http://www.siue.edu/HELPDESK/ or contact OIT at 650-3741. Any students with suggestions or comments should send e-mail to comments@siue.edu. "We are especially interested in suggestions that help us make future enhancements that benefit everybody," Yates said... | |