October 24, 2001
By Robin Herron For the second year in a row, George Mason is ranked in the top 40 of Yahoo! Internet Life magazine’s feature on America’s “Most Wired Colleges.” In the October 2001 issue of the magazine, which examines how institutions of higher learning have incorporated network technologies into campus life, George Mason ranks 34 [...]
July 26, 2001
The Virginia Department of Human Resource Management recently issued a policy on the use of the Internet and Electronic Communications Systems (policy number 1.75). It applies to “all state employees, including employees of agencies exempt from coverage of the Virginia Personnel Act,” and it takes effect Aug. 1. The policy will be posted in its [...]
June 20, 2001
By Robin Herron As of Sept. 1, faculty, staff, and students off-campus will no longer be able to connect to the Internet through George Mason’s modems. Instead, those who want to surf the web from home will need to subscribe to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) such as America On Line, AT&T, Erols, or others, [...]
May 10, 2001
By Robin Herron Build Your Technology and Teaching Expertise (BYTE) Week is back. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to take advantage of the break before the summer session starts by learning new computer skills in one of the 17 workshops offered between May 14 and 18. There are two tracks offered–web development and online [...]
December 19, 2000
By Kate Passin If you are interested in improving your technology skills, take advantage of BYTE (Build Your Technology and Teaching Expertise) Week. Held before each semester, the next BYTE week is Monday, Jan. 8, through Friday, Jan. 12. The Division of Instructional Improvement and Instructional Technologies sponsors the week of free workshops, presentations, and [...]
December 12, 2000
By Kate Passin George Mason faculty members, staff, and students can now learn various software packages and technology skills from the comfort of their own homes. The Division of Instructional Improvement and Instructional Technologies and University Computing and Information Systems recently joined forces with the company SmartForce to offer free online IT training to the [...]
December 7, 2000
By Patty Snellings George Mason has been designated a Microsoft Approved Academic Training Provider and now offers a Microsoft-certified training program in Windows 2000 at the Prince William Campus. The training is presented through the School of Information Technology and Engineering’s Train to Technology program, an information technology training program designed to address the demands [...]
November 16, 2000
By Kate Passin By August of next year, all George Mason faculty, staff, and students will be using the same e-mail system. The new system, called Mason Enterprise Messaging Online (MEMO), uses Netscape Messenger, Directory Server, and Calendar Server. One key benefit of the system is that users can access their e-mail accounts from any [...]
November 8, 2000
By Emily Yaghmour On Saturday, Dec. 2, George Mason hosts Tek.Xam, a five-hour test that gives job seekers with nontechnical degrees a way to demonstrate to potential employers that they have the general technology skills to succeed at the job. This newly developed national assessment exam measures one’s knowledge of general technology terms and concepts [...]
November 1, 2000
On Nov. 1 and 2, the Tech Center cosponsors the Mealey’s Internet Law 101 Conference at the Tysons Corner Ritz-Carlton, featuring more than a dozen panel presentations by senior executives at Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Dell Computer. Topics include the evolution of the Internet, intellectual property law, employment law for technology companies, encryption and data security, [...]