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- 精华
- 105
- 积分
- 110865
- 经验
- 110865 点
- 威望
- 10928 点
- 金钱
- 14997 ￥
- 魅力
- 12855
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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Van Munching Hall, home to the Smith School, is one of the most technologically advanced business school buildings in the world. In 2008, a 38,000 square foot North Wing addition to Van Munching Hall opened. It houses four state-of-the-art classrooms, four conference rooms, and 10 student/team rooms and an executive meeting space equipped with a NASDAQ ticker. Recent upgrades to the original Van Munching Hall include the addition of video cameras, instructor touch panels, AV controls, and projection units. Other technology improvements include: a Mac Lab equipped with 20 iMac computers with 24” monitors and Adobe Creative Suite 3 and other media applications, along with scanners and printers. Many of our netcentric laboratories were upgraded. In the Supply Chain Lab, we now have the first Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) technology. In the Finance Lab, we added thin client hardware and now all finance applications are available via the Web. (Reuters Financial Certification is available.) The Behavioral Lab’s addition of an Audio Visual Lab is equipped with a Tobii eye tracker, along with audio and video capabilities to record team interactions and a large display screen to review and edit recorded data. Students have 1GB of e-mail and file storage space allotted to them and the Postini spam filter is in use. Smith uses PSync to allow a single sign on to access all UM online resources. A new Smith School Web site was launched in 2008 and video podcasts are available online and via iTunes. MBA Networth is the online community of practice for students. It includes course schedules, program announcements, classroom applications, virtual library, upcoming events, online directory and personal profiles. New improvements this year include student club sign up and work flow applications. This allows students to edit their profiles and sign up for specific clubs. The club memberships are permanently recorded in their profiles. Students are able to use the school’s CVENT online event management system to manage their club events. Turning Point software is installed in all classrooms allowing students to participate in classroom instruction using clickers for real-time results. In the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., the Smith space was renovated and upgraded and all class and lab machines were replaced and additional printing services were added along with an upgrade to the wireless network, including the installation of a TLS line. New Bloomberg terminals were installed at the Ronald Reagan building for students to gain access to financial market information. These terminals also support the new Center for Financial Policy. The MySmith portal allows students to gain access to top industry database subscriptions and research applications such as Thomson Reuters, Standard and Poor's, Compustat, IBISWorld, RiskMetrics, DataStream Advance and other popular applications.
Amount spent:
$ 8,670,717 |
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