Wired for Success Ringling School's commitment to technology complements its well-equipped facilities. This unique combination of traditional equipment, studios with modern hardware and software is essential for contemporary art and design instruction at the college level and adds to the quality of campus life. This distributed environment readily accommodates the creation and transmission of high-resolution images, sound and other multimedia applications. The commitment to providing a contemporary learning environment demands the acquisition of new hardware and software. Computers and networking components are upgraded every three years.
Software is updated annually at least.
This on-going renewal is possible with the support of several corporate allies, including Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Computer Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., Microsoft Corporation, GTE Laboratories, and Sprint Communications Corporation. Solid Support Campus computing services are consolidated in the Center for Institutional Technology, which houses computing, networking, the Internet services, and support personnel. The Center for Institutional Technology offers hands-on information technology related workshops throughout the academic year. Although the tools and media constantly change, a Ringling education remains grounded in a solid foundation of traditional art and design principles. The dynamic integration of these fundamentals with emerging technology is one of the many factors that sets us apart.