Throughout its 150-year history, Mills College has eagerly embraced change. Now, poised on the eve of its sesquicentennial anniversary, the college is undergoing a significant technological facelift. And with the help of nearly 140 AirPort Base Stations tucked into almost every corner of the campus, Mills students will soon have wireless Internet access in residence and classroom buildings constructed as far back as the 1920s.
Mills is the oldest women's college west of the Rockies.
Founded in 1852, the school offers a women-centered education to undergraduate women and graduate men and women. But with our spacious buildings of older construction, it seemed like quite a challenge to get them all online. But when the IT team at Mills turned to AirPort wireless technology, they found an easy, cost-effective fix to their networking dilemma. Including the price of a network printer for each residence hall, the total cost for the complete AirPort solution was little more than a third of the original hardwired estimate. Such cost savings, Jadushlever says, will enable Mills to outfit all buildings on campus with wireless network access later this year.