The west side of campus is about to catch up with the east in terms of online technology. Soon wireless Internet access will be available in the Bowen Science Building, the first of many instillations to come for CCOM campus buildings.

“Wireless expands the areas where students, faculty, and staff can access their data,” said Boyd Knosp, the CCOM’s Associate Dean for Information Technology. “This ability better enables collaboration between researchers or between students working together on class assignments.”

Many faculty members in Bowen had taken it on themselves to set up their own wireless networks to do work in labs or offices. However, having UI Information Technology Services install standardized wireless throughout the building will increase efficiency as well as security.

Wireless is now a standard addition for any new campus buildings, and is a target to be added to the old.

“We have a multi-year plan to install wireless in buildings that currently don’t have wireless on the CCOM campus,” said Knosp. “The plan, which will be reviewed annually, puts wireless in BSB in FY09 and Med Labs in FY10. Other buildings will be addressed after these installations are done.”

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