The Information Technology Support Center supports the academic programs of the University. Offices and computer labs are located on the fourth floor of the Ballston Campus, and in St. Joseph and Berg Hall on the Main Campus.
All lab devices are connected to the campus fiber-optic ethernet backbone that provides each of these computers with access to the Internet, local computing resources, the library, and the academic Novell network. Assistance is available to students and faculty by trained computer technicians and professional staff. Services offered include individual tutoring and free seminars on many popular software packages.
Both Dell Pentium and Apple Macintosh machines are available. UNIX hosts are accessible from any networked computer via TCP/IP or via call-in lines. All lab sites are equipped with postscript laser printers. Scanners with OCR software are located in the labs. Among the many software packages available are Windows XP, Microsoft Office XP, SPSS, Visual Studio. NET, Maple, ArchiCad, Pad System, Internet Explorer, QuarkXPress, and FreeHand. Numerous departmental applications and different object-oriented programming languages are also supported. Students, faculty, and staff may also purchase computer hardware and software for a discount through a special University program.