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Welcome to the first issue of Campus Technology. In this and upcoming issues, we will be sharing information, issues, tips, and our vision for Information Technology at Gainesville College. Gainesville College has much to be proud of in the area of Information Technology. We have always been a leader in deploying and utilizing Information Technology to improve the teaching and learning process. Gainesville College was one of the first educational institutions in Georgia to offer universal access to the Internet and electronic communications for faculty and students. GC was the second college (GA
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Tech beat us by a few months) in the state to offer a fully web-deployed academic information system to faculty and students. The success of our Banner Web deployment is demonstrated by the fact that at least 4 other University System schools have Banner web pages incorporating the "© Gainesville College" logo.
One of the challenges any college faces is the need to maintain currency of computer hardware and software. Gainesville College has a current inventory of more than 800 workstations, along with the network
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and server architecture for their support. Computer software and hardware changes so rapidly that we need to replace approximately one-fourth of our inventory each year so that we can stay current. As our inventory has grown, it has become increasingly difficult for end-of-year and lottery funds to keep pace with these needs. Fall semester was the first term in which students were required to pay a student technology fee. A Student Technology Fee Committee, composed of two faculty/staff and two student members, meet each semester to establish
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