Information Technology Services supports about 150 computers in public labs. Many departments also have their own labs, and offer priority use on those systems to their own students. All together, there are approximately 300 machines available strictly for student use. Yes, all students are automatically set up with e-mail accounts before they arrive on campus. They need only to stop by the office to show their I.D. and activate the account.
Students have full access to Internet services from any of our labs.
We have both Macintosh and Windows computers. We use WordPerfect and Microsoft Word. Students can create documents on their own systems, and save them on floppy diskettes for printing in one of our labs. There are many other public locations on campus for students to use, including Case Library, and McGregory, Olin, Persson, and Lawrence Halls. We have 20 modems for use by the Colgate community.