There are 75,214 subscribers to the ITD IMAP e-mail service. Many departments, schools, and colleges provide additional e-mail. The administrative mainframe processed 5.1 million transactions in January 1997. The mainframe directs 17,000 - 20,000 vendor checks to be written monthly. Wolverine Access allows students to check their academic records, including their grades, via the World Wide Web.
Students call one number to register, check their schedule, and drop or add classes.
The system can also FAX a class schedule to a student or give a voice read-out over the phone. Telephone Service ITD operates the largest privately-owned, independent telephone system in the U.S. ITD is the third largest telephone operating company in the state. 42,000 telephone circuits. 2,800 trunk lines to external telephone services. 800,000 calls per day.