And it needs to remain so, as it is responsible for all campus computing. Thus, we need a separate server that supports faculty experimentation with technology and in turn advances our students' computer fluency. Web protocols are rapidly becoming the lingua franca between diverse distributed computing sites as well as to end users. The goal of the Web server project is to facilitate experimentation in research and course Web support. Students in computer science and other fields will participate in the development of these projects and will also be encouraged to begin their own research projects using Web technology.
Technology can be valuable in community building.
Students use computers and want them readily available. They're used to having the Web at their fingertips. I thought a cyber cafe would draw people into Blanchard, the central hub, and enhance the overall experience by creating a hive of activity. Mount Holyoke is surely wide awake. The world needs more technologists, and more technologists who are thoughtful and wise human beings.