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Show !MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 PAGES UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CAMPUS NEWS Music now SUU's computers are upgraded accredited by NASM with 33 computers and a lab assistant. This new lab and the old lab in room 214 will be wired similar to the new Centrum labs to perform multimedia tasks when funds become available. During open access times the computer ratio to students is New computers, new labs and improved networking capabilities will help SUU's faculty and students accomplish their approximately 10 computers to one student. "Our ratio is about academic objectives this fiscal as good as anybody's year. [educational facilities) in the This summer, 138 Micron state,"said Glen Pryor, Pentium Ill computers and 21 associate vice president for information technology. G3 Power Macintosh unfts During class periods, the ratio were purchased for installation in several labs around of open access computers is campus. A summer project much higher. approximately 25 transformed the Centrum lab students to one machine. The dispersal of the Micron into two separate multimedia units across campus is: 70 labs. These labs are focused on the Windows Nt 4 and units between the ELC and Centrum labs, 10 units to the Macintosh 8.6 operating .., Technology Building medical systems. The new multimedia labs are transcription classes. 16 units in the Centrum near the 5 to the ELC business classes. hallway that leads to the ~ 20 installed in Juniper Hall's Bookstore. The G3 units are in . 3 dormitory living quarters. 10 to room 217, while room 219 has ~ the Shooting Star Room of the 37 Micron units. The art. social ~ Hunter Conference Center., with sciences and graphics classes the remaining machines _e_t_in - th_e___, distributed around campus. use these machines for class LR_e_b_e_c-ca_H_uff_a_n_d_J_o_n-at_h_a_n_S_a.lLlu_o_n_e_e_x_p_lo-re-th_e_l_n_te_m time projects. main lab of the ELG. Huff, a communication major and Saluone, With an upgrade of the Open access times for these an undecided major, are both freshmen from Sandy. network access line speed, labs are 8 to 10 a.m. and 3 more work is accomplished in less time. Pryor said p.m. until midnight. unless a approximately $250,000 was spent to upgrade campus network class has reserved a time slot. Access schedules are posted on lines inside all the buildings. Juniper Hall was completely rewired the doors of each lab in the Centrum and Electronic Learning for computer access, as will all future dorm remodels. Center. Neal Cox, SUU director of public relations. said tunnels have Both Centrum labs are multimedia ready with sound systems, overhead projector and video capabilities. The labs are wired been dug around campus that have the plumbing, electric power with fiber optic cables and copper wire to each desktop. lines and network lines housed inside. This allows easier access The classroom in 301 of the ELC became an cipen access lab, to repair and upgrade for future needs. By JAY "BYRD" CALKINS SENIO~ STAFF WRITER The music department at SUU has received reaccreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) afte·r satisfying air requirements of the national organization. •Accreditation by this association indicates the highest quality in music performance and music education,• Bart Shanklin, director of choral activities and department chair, said. ·we are pleased with the reaccreditation of the department. SUU first received NASM accreditation in · 1991 ." The accreditation process includes three evaluations: a self evaluation, an evaluation by an NASM consultant, and a "rigorous and thorough" evaluation of the music department by a visiting NASM committee. After the satisfaction of any requirements or conditions imposed by the NASM, accreditation or reaccreditation is granted. 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