Reprogramming cannot be done, however, until the change is made. Eric Backlund, director of telecommunications, said the change will be made sometime after Commencement and before the beginning of classes in the fall. Complete instructions and reminders will be issued as the date approaches. Backlund said the University needed to acquire an additional exchange because of the growing demand for phone numbers. The campus is close to exhausting the remaining phone numbers in the '777' exchange.
Students get new phone numbers each year and changes are made annually to the directory.
A change in the exchange for administrative offices would have meant major costs to replace stationery, business cards and other University publications.