All University of Dayton Freshmen To Be "Wired" With Tangent Computer Laptop or Desktop PC in Each Dorm Room.Business/High-Tech Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000 All incoming freshmen at the University of Dayton The University of Dayton is one of the ten largest Catholic schools in the United States and is the largest of the three Marianist universities in the nation. It is also home to one of the largest campus ministry programs in the world. this fall will receive their choice of a new Tangent tangent, in mathematics. 1 In geometry, the tangent to a circle or sphere is a straight line that intersects the circle or sphere in one and only one point. Computer laptop or desktop personal computer in their dormitory room through a student initiative computing program. Under the program, 1,800 computers will be installed for incoming freshmen by a team of University of Dayton students and Tangent Computer technicians. After the installation, two technicians will remain full-time at the University to handle service and support. Tangent Computer, based in Burlingame, Calif., is a leading supplier of PC, notebook, and networking solutions for the education and government markets. The University of Dayton has been named the top wired university in Ohio, the most wired Catholic University in the nation, and the 21st among all colleges and universities in Yahoo! Internet Life's annual "Most Wired Colleges" survey. UD is among a fraction of universities that require students to own computers. When this fall's freshmen class moves in, they will be the second class to find their rooms furnished with computers that have been loaded with the same Microsoft and Lotus software Lotus Software (called Lotus Development Corporation before its acquisition by IBM) is an American software company with its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. their professors will use. About 90 percent of faculty members are using the basic tools of technology -- e-mail, Web sites, threaded discussions A running commentary of messages between two or more people in a discussion group. See message thread and discussion group. and list serves -- in their classes. The university is also implementing a program this summer that allows incoming freshmen to visit an online "virtual room" to link up with roommates, get a head-start on summer readings and fire up their UD e-mail accounts. Each interactive room features contact information on the roommates (linked to the icon of a telephone), an instant chat system for private messages (the message board), a checklist of suggested items to bring to campus (beanbag bean·bag n. 1. A small bag filled with dried beans and used for throwing in games. 2. A small folded bag filled with lead pellets, used as ammunition in a stun gun. 3. chair icon), and information on the computer that will be waiting for each freshman this fall in his or her room (computer icon). The reading list for UD's first-year experience is linked to the bookshelf in the virtual room, and a profile search allows incoming students to search for other residents with similar interests. The university's commitment to technology doesn't stop with its freshmen. All university-owned housing is fully wired for direct high-speed Internet See broadband. connection as well as the university's 78-channel cable television system and telephone network. This student housing includes residential halls that can house 5,700 students, plus apartments and 380 houses in a 25-block campus neighborhood. In addition, the university provides free dial-in connections to the campus computer network for the small percentage of undergraduate students who live off campus or in non-university housing. "Before we initiated our student computer initiative several years ago, we found that students who did not have a computer were at a huge disadvantage," said Brian Young, lead technology officer at the university and assistant director of UD's Learning Village, the term used to describe the university's technology-enhanced learning Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) is any learning situation involving the use of technology. Technology used need not be computer technology, but this is often the case. Branches of TEL include CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning), although the latter term is often used to environment. "We wanted to level the playing field for all of our students by giving them equal opportunities for success." He noted that each student has a choice of systems. A liberal arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. student whose primary computing needs might be word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , research, and Internet access See how to access the Internet. might choose a Tangent 600 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium II The successor to the Pentium Pro from Intel. Pentium II refers to the CPU chip or the PC that uses it. Code named "Klamath," the Pentium II was a Pentium Pro with MMX multimedia instructions. notebook or a UD Tower, Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). PC. An engineering student might choose a higher-end, Power Tower, a Pentium III with 800 MHz. Young said he chose Tangent to implement the ambitious technology program because of its commitment to education and its support and service. "We look at Tangent as our partner in education. Not many computer manufacturers would put people here full time, but Tangent is dedicated to working with us to provide the best possible computing environment so our students will have all the technology tools they need to get the utmost from their college years." About Tangent Computer Tangent Computer is the largest computer manufacturer selling directly and exclusively to education and state & local government. Founded in 1989, the Company has regional sales offices and Tangent service technicians located in 28 states nationwide. Tangent designs, manufactures, and customizes products and services to meet education and government's technology requirements. Established partnerships with companies such as Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, 3Com, and Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , allow Tangent to provide its customers with technology that matches the highest industry standards. Tangent Computer has won numerous awards, including eight Editor's Choice Awards from PC Magazine, three Recommended Product Awards from Windows Magazine, and two Best Buy Awards from PC World. Tangent Computer's corporate headquarters are at 197 Airport Blvd., Burlingame, CA 94010. Product information can be obtained by calling Tangent's toll-free number 1-888-TANGENT or by visiting Tangent's web site at www.tangent.com University of Dayton For more information, contact Brian Young at (937) 229-4806 or via e-mail at bay@udayton.edu or Pam Huber, director of media relations, (937) 229-3241 Tangent Computer is a registered trademark. Other product names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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