St. John’s University is committed to preparing its students
with the technological skills necessary to meet the challenges of
the 21st century marketplace. Under the leadership of the
Information Technology Division, the University is equipped to meet
the instructional needs of students and faculty through
state-of-the-art academic computing facilities. Students have
access to facilities which consist of four newly upgraded
microcomputer laboratories, over 90 multimedia classrooms,
microcomputer classrooms, library patron computer, and a newly
added cyber lounge. Deployment of desktop computers to these
facilities now total over 650 Intel based workstations and over 125
high end Macintosh computers.
The University’s state-of-the-art network enables each
microcomputer to access a wide range of software, as well as
electronic mail and the Internet through the World Wide Web. A
variety of educational, business, statistical and other electronic
information resources are accessible through the campus’s high
speed 310 Mbps ATM backbone with 100 Mbps switched ethernet to each
desktop computer. Internet connectivity is provided through a full
T1 link to NYSERNET, remote 33.6, 28.8 and dial-in-access for
terminal emulation are available as well.
Microcomputer Laboratories
The microcomputer laboratories now contain more than 350 Intel
workstations and over 35 high-end Macintosh computers. Two of these
labs are located at the Queens campus, one in Staten Island, and
the fourth in Rome, Italy. All three campuses are linked via high
speed communications lines. The newly upgraded Sullivan Hall
Microlab and Marillac Hall Microlab are conveniently located on the
Queens campus.
As a result of major hardware/software upgrades completed
recently, we now have Pentium 166 platforms with 32 megabytes of
RAM matched by highend SONY stereo-ready monitors, NT 4.0 operating
system (OS) (the most powerful MS Windows based OS), the MS Office
97 Professional suite as well as many other Windows 95/NT based
applications. All the computers are connected to the campus
network, UNIX servers and Windows NT file servers. Macintosh
computing resources consist of primarily 85/8600 series PowerPCs,
with internal zip drives, 48 Megabytes of RAM and running MAC 8.x
OS. Printing facilities consist of shared high speed laser printers
and color printers.
Multimedia Classrooms
Of the total 105 multimedia classrooms, 77 are located on the
Queens campus and 28 more are at the Staten Island campus. Each
multimedia classroom is equipped with a podium, faculty computer
and projection equipment which can be viewed by all the students.
Faculty have the option of connecting and projecting the image from
their laptop computer in all multimedia classrooms as well.
Although students do not have individual workstations, this ideal
presentation setting allows faculty to incorporate technology as a
teaching tool to enhance the learning experience for their
students. Future semesters will introduce multimedia classrooms
with seating capacities of more than 50 occupants. Moreover, over
30 additional classrooms will be equipped as multimedia classrooms
in the near future.
Microcomputer Classrooms
Further, the Queens campus has 12 microcomputer classrooms and
Staten Island has 4 which house both Intel Pentium and Macintosh
computers. The Rome campus has one combination computer
classroom/lab with IBM compatible equipment. Each microcomputer
classroom at all three locations provides students with individual
computers through which they are able to participate in hands-on
training, and a faculty station which enables demonstration of
software. Individual instruction for how to use the equipment in
both Multimedia and Microcomputer classrooms can be obtained
through Information Technology.
Note
Lab hours are subject to change during intersession.